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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 does hooks say about power in relationships?

2. What does hooks long for?

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

4. What is one way hooks identifies to express love?

5. Why is listening important for loving practice, according to hooks?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is Marianne Williamson?

2. In what ways does loving practice involve decision-making, according to hooks?

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

4. What does it mean to live by a love ethic?

5. What does hooks say of spiritual life?

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

7. Why is listening an important part of communicating?

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

9. What does cynicism lead young people to believe about love?

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

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 the connection between love and fear. What role does fear play in love practice? According to hooks, in what ways does fear hold one back from experiencing true love? Use examples from the text for support.

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay in which you explore hooks's concept of lovelessness. What does it mean to be loveless and continue to perpetuate lovelessness? Use examples from the text for support.

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