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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. How does hooks see love?

2. What, according to hooks, does embracing love entail?

3. What does hooks say endless craving lead to?

4. What does hooks not believe in?

5. What does a lot of self-help literature normalize?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does fear keep people from practicing love?

2. What does Toni Morrison say of romantic love in The Bluest Eye?

3. What does giving do for one's loving practice?

4. Why do people tend to give into consumer culture?

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

6. Who is Marianne Williamson?

7. What does hooks say of spiritual life?

8. How do men view love in a patriarchal culture?

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

10. What did hooks unconsciously want from her partner of 15 years?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay in which you explore the way hooks draws connections between love and community. What makes a community, and why is it important that everyone strive to be a part of one? In what ways is community essential to one's ability to love? Use examples from the text for support.

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay in which you explore the way hooks draws connections between love and loss. What are the different ways one can experience loss? In what ways does loss teach us about love? Use examples from the text for support.

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay in which you explore hooks's explanation of self-love. What is self-love according to hooks, and why is it important that every individual practice self-love? In what ways does the practice of self-love create new opportunities for people? Use examples from the text for support.

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