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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book Three, The Rejection of Love.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did the author say of the love of prostitutes?
(a) It should be a man's personal choice.
(b) It should be enjoyed without shame.
(c) It should be a last resort.
(d) It should be absolutely resisted.

2. When the man of higher nobility spoke to the woman of higher nobility, of what did he argue that her resistance was an indicator?
(a) Her immaturity.
(b) Her derangement.
(c) Her true feelings.
(d) Her fears of love.

3. According to the author, what effect did leaving the Catholic Church have on lovers?
(a) It cursed them.
(b) It caused love to die.
(c) It made their love stronger.
(d) It removed God's blessing on their love.

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

5. What did the author identify as a sure way to decrease love?
(a) Seeing each other too rarely.
(b) Expressing anger.
(c) Developing feelings of jealousy.
(d) Being together too much.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does love do to sleep and rest?

2. When the man of higher nobility spoke to a woman of higher nobility, what did the woman look for a chance to do?

3. Who was Walter?

4. When a woman of high nobility accepted the romantic advances of a lower class man, she runs the risk of the public thinking that she did so only for what reason?

5. What did the author suggest that a middle class man always do in a conversation with a middle class woman?

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