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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does hooks see love?
(a) As an action.
(b) As a noun.
(c) As a feeling.
(d) As a fantasy.

2. What does hooks say is largely absent from modern writing about love?
(a) The struggles of love.
(b) The joys of love.
(c) The politicization of love.
(d) The importance of love.

3. What does hooks say of spiritual practice?
(a) It does not need to be affliated with organized religion.
(b) It is nice to try.
(c) It is not for everyone.
(d) It has to be affiliated with organized religion.

4. What does hooks see spiritual teachings as a guide for?
(a) Reflection and action.
(b) Lost souls.
(c) Romantic relationships.
(d) A relationship with God.

5. What does hooks say is healing to the spirit?
(a) Receiving.
(b) Religion.
(c) Eating.
(d) Giving.

6. What is the second step, identified by hooks, on love's path?
(a) Loving someone else.
(b) Communication.
(c) Getting married.
(d) Letting someone love you.

7. What does hooks say happens when people practice love?
(a) They make new friends.
(b) They want to give more.
(c) They start new lives.
(d) They stop being mean.

8. When can an awakening to love happen, according to hooks?
(a) When people be nice to each other.
(b) When people try harder.
(c) When people seek it out.
(d) When people let go of obsession with power and domination.

9. What does hook write that the cultural emphasis on consumption deflect attention from?
(a) Friendship.
(b) Revenge.
(c) Love.
(d) Spiritual hunger.

10. What does fear keep people from doing, according to hooks?
(a) Finding romance.
(b) Having children.
(c) Living with joy.
(d) Trusting in love.

11. How does giving teach people?
(a) Giving teaches people to be selfless.
(b) Giving teaches people to be nice.
(c) Giving teaches people how to receive.
(d) Giving teaches people to be selfish.

12. What is the heartbeat of genuine love, according to hooks?
(a) Strength.
(b) Power.
(c) Community.
(d) Trust.

13. Who is Erich Fromm?
(a) A chef.
(b) A singer.
(c) An actor.
(d) A social psychologist.

14. What was hooks unable to receive from her partner of 15 years?
(a) Marriage.
(b) The love she needed from her family.
(c) Money.
(d) Sex.

15. Hooks writes that people can successfully utilize love how?
(a) By being nice to people.
(b) By finding God.
(c) By making friends.
(d) By cultivating awareness.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who wrote Stength to Love?

2. What does hooks identify as a breeding ground for overconsumption?

3. What was hooks's partner of 15 years unable to receive from her?

4. What does hooks think everyone needs to be in touch with?

5. What, according to hooks, becomes acceptable in a culture of greed?

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