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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does hooks admit is hard to do?
(a) Find a job.
(b) Resist the temptations of greed.
(c) Make a family.
(d) Be nice to people.

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

3. Who does hooks say do not do the work that love demands, more often than not?
(a) Women.
(b) Men.
(c) Old people.
(d) Children.

4. What does spiritual awakening call people to do, according to hooks?
(a) To eat healthier.
(b) To love better.
(c) To find God.
(d) To be nicer to people.

5. What, according to hooks, becomes acceptable in a culture of greed?
(a) Dehumanization.
(b) Paranoia.
(c) Selfishness.
(d) Bad habits.

6. What does hooks write that addicts want?
(a) A release from pain.
(b) Drugs.
(c) Family.
(d) Alcohol.

7. What does mass media tend to dwell on, according to hooks?
(a) Romance.
(b) Sex.
(c) Violence and domination.
(d) Love.

8. What does hooks say is everything?
(a) Honesty.
(b) God.
(c) Love.
(d) Humanity.

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

10. What does hooks insist does not end when one begins to love?
(a) Suffering and pain.
(b) Life.
(c) Joy.
(d) Curiosity.

11. What does greed motivate people to do, according to hooks?
(a) To make friends.
(b) To be mean.
(c) To live dangerously.
(d) To be selfish.

12. What does hooks say about power in relationships?
(a) Love and power cannot coexist.
(b) Good relationships are not concerned about power.
(c) Love will not prevail if one person wants to maintain control.
(d) There is always a power struggle.

13. What does commitment to spiritual life require, as defined by hooks?
(a) A commitment to God.
(b) A commitment to the church.
(c) A willingness to find peace.
(d) A willingness to unite the way one thinks and acts.

14. What does hooks believe about God?
(a) He is not love.
(b) He is love.
(c) He is not real.
(d) He is real.

15. What does hooks think everyone needs to be in touch with?
(a) Their families.
(b) Their friends.
(c) Their spiritual needs.
(d) Their emotions.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does hooks see love?

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

3. What, according to hooks, happens when people choose to love?

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

5. What does hooks refer to when she speaks of the divine spirit?

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