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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, according to hooks, does embracing love entail?

2. Where does hooks write is a good place to build community?

3. What place does hooks write that love allow people to enter?

4. How are men inclined to see love in a patriarchal culture, according to hooks?

5. How did Toni Morrison identify love?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Why is listening an important part of communicating?

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

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

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

8. What does hooks say of power in relationships?

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

10. What do people need to invest in to know genuine 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 hooks's analysis of death, and particularly the way death is regarded -- or "worshiped" as she states -- in our culture. What connections does hooks draw between love and death, and what does she want her readers to understand about death and our collective fear of it? Use examples from the text for support.

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay in which you explore the connection between love and capitalism. What is capitalism, and what are some of the major negative effects capitalism has on society's understanding of love? What does living in a capitalist society do (or not do) for our collective love practice? Use examples from the text for support.

Essay Topic 3

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.

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