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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 7 - 8 .

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why did hooks live through most of her life broken-hearted?
(a) She was mourning a break up.
(b) She was mourning death of a friend.
(c) She was mourning death of her cat.
(d) She was mourning her past.

2. How does hooks think of love?
(a) As an action.
(b) She is indifferent to love.
(c) As useless.
(d) As a noun.

3. What helped hooks to survive the trauma of lovelessness?
(a) Books.
(b) The experience of genuine love.
(c) Romantic love.
(d) Movies.

4. Who can be swept away by power and privilege, according to hooks?
(a) Anyone.
(b) Men.
(c) Women.
(d) Nobody.

5. How does hooks believe adults should treat children?
(a) With reckless abandon.
(b) With little love.
(c) With respect and dignity.
(d) With tough love.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does hooks say is largely absent from modern writing about love?

2. What does consumer culture encourage?

3. What does hooks identify as an ideal place to learn the art of loving?

4. What is crucial to love practice, according to hooks?

5. What does hooks identify as a weapon against greed?

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