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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What rapper did hooks interview?

2. How does giving teach people?

3. What can people achieve when their passions give them courage to face reality?

4. What is the second step, identified by hooks, on love's path?

5. What does hooks say of genuine love?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does hooks say is the best way to resist greed?

2. What did hooks's partner of 15 years want from her?

3. What does hooks think about the notion that people 'fall in love'?

4. What does hooks say is largely absent from modern writing?

5. What does awareness do for one's capacity to love, according to hooks?

6. How does fear keep people from practicing love?

7. What do people need to invest in to know genuine love, according to hooks?

8. What did Lil' Kim tell hooks about her thoughts on love?

9. Who is Marianne Williamson?

10. Why is hooks distrustful of mass media?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay in which you explore hooks's analysis of romantic love. What constitutes romantic love, and what are the positive and negative aspects of this kind of love? What message does hooks want readers to take away regarding romantic love? Use examples from the text for support.

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay in which you explore love and patriarchy. How has the power of patriarchy impacted cultural views -- held or perpetuated by both men and women -- about love? What are the general understandings of love in a patriarchal society, and why are they counterproductive? Use examples from the text for support.

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay in which you explore the way hooks draws connections between love and spirituality. What does hooks mean when she speaks of spirituality, and is it relevant to the practice of love? Use examples from the text for support.

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