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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the foundation of loving practice, according to hooks?
(a) Friendship.
(b) Charity.
(c) Revenge.
(d) Self-love.

2. What do dictionary definitions of love tend to emphasize?
(a) Puppy love.
(b) Unrequited love.
(c) Platonic love.
(d) Romantic love.

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

4. What does hook insist is not a function of poverty?
(a) Lovelessness.
(b) Greed.
(c) Hatred.
(d) Bigotry.

5. Where do many people turn to see their yearnings of love expressed?
(a) Their friends.
(b) Their teachers.
(c) Mass media.
(d) Their parents.

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

7. What did hooks realize when she came close to death?
(a) That she wanted to travel more.
(b) That she had not known love yet.
(c) That she needed to write one more book.
(d) That she was terminally ill.

8. What does hooks write that most children associate with love?
(a) Bad feelings.
(b) Family.
(c) Guilt.
(d) Good feelings.

9. What was hooks personally given by an artist?
(a) Snapshots of his art.
(b) Money.
(c) Free food.
(d) Keys to his studio.

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

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

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

13. What does hooks identify as the original school of love?
(a) College.
(b) School.
(c) Friendships.
(d) Family.

14. What does patriarchal masculinity ask of men?
(a) To see themselves as inferior to women.
(b) To see themselves as followers.
(c) To see themselves as above women.
(d) To see themselves as leaders.

15. What is a result of being unable to connect with others, according to hooks?
(a) Being mean.
(b) Being lonely.
(c) Being unable to take responsibility for causing pain.
(d) Being a bad person.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does hooks say female fantasy is regarded as?

2. What does hooks say is the responsibillity of adults?

3. What is a simple way for children to learn discipline?

4. What term does hooks use to describe her family?

5. What is one tactic men use to gain power in relationships?

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