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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 gives people strength to live?

2. What does hooks say endless craving lead to?

3. What do a lot of people experience, as addressed in Chapter 7?

4. What is the primary vehicle for promotion of greed, as identified by hooks?

5. How did hooks manage to thrive growing up despite her dysfunctional family?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What are the effects of isolation and loneliness according to hooks?

5. How does fear keep people from practicing love?

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

7. What does hooks say is the value of loving friendships?

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

9. Why does hooks like living in small towns?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay in which you explore the connection between love and forgiveness. Why does hooks believe forgiveness is a vital part of love practice? What does forgiveness make space for in loving relationships? 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 analysis of the power dynamics that exist in relationships rooted in love (be they romantic or platonic). What role does power play in relationships that should be loving? In what ways can power be yielded in these relationships, and in what ways is this struggle for power ultimately damaging? Use examples from the text for support.

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