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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why did hooks want to write this book?
(a) To discourage people from love.
(b) To warn people about romantic love.
(c) For fun.
(d) To call for a return to love.

2. What, according to hooks, is privacy often confused with?
(a) Secracy.
(b) Lying.
(c) Being rude.
(d) Nothing.

3. What are the foundations of love, according to hooks?
(a) Justice.
(b) Community.
(c) Power.
(d) Care and affirmation.

4. Why does hooks fear for young people?
(a) Because they are reckless.
(b) Because they hate honesty.
(c) Because they are too modern.
(d) Because they are cynical about love.

5. What does hooks say is at the heart of justice?
(a) Peace.
(b) Revenge.
(c) Truth-telling.
(d) Love.

6. Who is Gloria Steinem?
(a) A chef.
(b) A feminist activist.
(c) A singer.
(d) An actor.

7. What was hooks afraid of in her early adulthood?
(a) Dogs.
(b) Telling people she loved them.
(c) Heights.
(d) Being intimate.

8. Why does hooks believe it is easier for men to lie?
(a) It is not easy for men to lie.
(b) Men are more easily forgiven for lying.
(c) Men are supposed to lie.
(d) Lying comes naturally to men.

9. What is afforded to men more than women?
(a) Rights.
(b) Power.
(c) Strength.
(d) Love.

10. What do children associate with lying?
(a) Being a bad person.
(b) Protecting others' feelings.
(c) Good feelings.
(d) Sin.

11. What does hooks say is a crucial element of any social movement?
(a) Revenge.
(b) Community.
(c) Justice.
(d) Love.

12. What are boys often taught at a young age?
(a) To suppress their emotions.
(b) How to respect women.
(c) How to build houses.
(d) To express their emotions.

13. Why was hooks unable to experience love for many years?
(a) She did not care to know love.
(b) She did not try enough.
(c) She was not ready.
(d) She was able to experience love her entire life.

14. Why should children learn how to be responsible, according to hooks?
(a) So they can learn how to cope with emotional responsibilities later in life.
(b) So they can learn how to be good workers.
(c) So they can help others.
(d) So they can be good citizens.

15. What does hooks seek to know through this book?
(a) Love's truth.
(b) More about herself.
(c) The truth about men.
(d) Everything there is to know.

Short Answer Questions

1. How is love often depicted in pop culture?

2. What does hooks say cannot exist without love?

3. What does one need to do to be well in one's soul?

4. Why does hooks encourage readers to let go of grief?

5. How does hooks think of love?

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