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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. When do people first learn about love?

3. Who is Gloria Steinem?

4. What are boys often taught at a young age?

5. What do many people in our culture not know, according to hooks?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was hooks able to do once she stopped mourning her past?

2. What do children associate with love, according to hooks?

3. What university did hooks teach at briefly?

4. Why does hooks describe her family as dysfunctional?

5. How does consumer culture encourage lies?

6. What do children learn about lying, according to hooks?

7. Where does hooks say we first learn about love?

8. Why does hooks encourage people to commit to truth telling?

9. What did hooks first have to do in order to recover from a past of lovelessness?

10. What hangs on hooks's kitchen wall?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay in which you explore the connection between love and capitalism. What is capitalism, and what are some of the major negative effects capitalism has on society's understanding of love? What does living in a capitalist society do (or not do) for our collective love practice? Use examples from the text for support.

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay in which you explore the connection between love and forgiveness. Why does hooks believe forgiveness is a vital part of love practice? What does forgiveness make space for in loving relationships? Use examples from the text for support.

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay in which you explore familial love. In particular, what is particularly unique about familial love, and why is it extremely valuable and somewhat complicated? Use examples from the text for support.

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