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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 is the first step, identified by hooks, of practicing love?

2. What does consumerism promote?

3. What does mass media tend to dwell on, according to hooks?

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

5. What are central causes of depression and despair?

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 hooks say of power in relationships?

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

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

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

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

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

9. Why is hooks distrustful of mass media?

10. Who is Marianne Williamson?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Write an essay in which you explore the way hooks draws connections between love and healing. What does healing (from trauma, from the past, from lovelessness, etc.) entail, and why is it necessary in the practice of love? Use examples from the text for support.

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay in which you explore hooks's concept of "love ethic." What is a love ethic, and why does hooks advocate for living by a love ethic? Use examples from the text for support.

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