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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. How did the author advise to best increase desire after love has been consummated?
(a) See each other only at their very best.
(b) See each other only in public.
(c) See each other every moment possible.
(d) See each other rarely.

2. When the middle class man successfully performed what the author suggested he should do in every conversation with a middle class woman, how did the woman respond?
(a) With no resistance.
(b) With slight annoyance.
(c) With giggles and sometimes blushing.
(d) With some resistance.

3. For the group advised to fiercely avoid love, what was one who sought their love considered to be?
(a) A sinner.
(b) A beast.
(c) A harlot.
(d) A hypocrite.

4. Despite her social rank, how might a middle class man perceive a noblewoman to be?
(a) Boring.
(b) Bad-mannered.
(c) Unsophisticated.
(d) Childish.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. If the beloved wanted something unreasonable, what did the author advise to do?

2. When a man of higher nobility spoke to a woman of higher nobility, what type of flattery did the man use with the woman?

3. In what stage of the four-stage theory of appropriate development of love should a woman try to find a lover?

4. How would a noblewoman respond to compliments from a nobleman?

5. During a conversation between a nobleman and a noblewoman, what was she to give permission for him to do?

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