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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book Two, How Love May Be Retained, Chapters 1-8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did the nobleman wonder about loving two women at the same time?
(a) If it would tarnish his nobility.
(b) If God would approve.
(c) If it could be done in the courtly fashion.
(d) If it doomed the chance to have a future with either woman.

2. In the four-stage theory of appropriate development of love, what is the second stage?
(a) Embrace.
(b) Hope.
(c) Whole person.
(d) Kiss.

3. Should a middle class man approach a very wise noblewoman, what is the risk he takes in conducting himself poorly?
(a) Being offensive.
(b) Boring her.
(c) Appearing foolish.
(d) Embarrassing himself.

4. What did the author write that all involved in courtly love should avoid?
(a) Too much flattery.
(b) Embarrassing the other.
(c) Bad appearances.
(d) Too much desire.

5. What future awaits a woman who stays with a cheating man?
(a) A sure end to her love.
(b) Endless worry.
(c) Stronger trust and commitment.
(d) Increased passion.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the general focus of Book One?

2. In the four-stage theory of appropriate development of love, what is the third stage?

3. How did the noblewoman imagine the two women might feel about being loved at the same time by a man?

4. What happens to desire if one lover expresses anger toward the other?

5. If a middle class woman were to resist a middle class man because he is younger than she, how must the man respond?

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