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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. If a middle class woman asked for the chance to think over the romantic advances of a nobleman, how was the nobleman to respond?
(a) He was to convince her to follow her heart, not her mind.
(b) He was to insist that she decide immediately.
(c) He was to agree to wait.
(d) He was to give her a time limit or appear foolish.

3. 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?
(a) Weakness.
(b) Passion.
(c) Cruelty.
(d) Adventure.

4. How did the author explain the issue of nature and homosexuality?
(a) Nature forbids homosexuality.
(b) Nature makes homosexuality innate for all, and heterosexuality is a choice.
(c) Nature makes homosexuality impossible.
(d) Nature makes homosexuality innate for some.

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

6. When a higher nobleman spoke to a middle class woman, how was he advised to begin the conversation?
(a) By giving her a gift.
(b) By telling her immediately that he is interested in her.
(c) With flattery.
(d) By complimenting her intelligence.

7. In the first dialogue, how did the conversation between the middle class man and the middle class woman begin?
(a) The man greeted the woman normally and the woman made conversation naturally.
(b) The man waited for permission to approach the woman, greeting her with reverence and made conversation.
(c) The woman initiated the greeting but allowed the man to make conversation.
(d) The man greeted the woman normally, but only because she was with another female.

8. Among the author's twelve rules for acquiring love, what did he have to say about avarice, or love of wealth?
(a) Avoid it.
(b) Cherish it.
(c) Seek it out.
(d) Accept it.

9. In wooing a woman of higher social ranking, how might the middle class man best win her attention?
(a) He should acknowledge that he is undeserving of her and beg for her favor.
(b) He should tell her that love transcends social class.
(c) He should avoid the issue of social class and focus only on flattering her with praise.
(d) He should pretend to be of a higher class until she gets to know him.

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

11. How would the woman of higher nobility react to the middle class man after he informed her of his good qualities?
(a) She would degrade them.
(b) She would be flattered.
(c) She would insist on proof.
(d) She would admire his tenacity.

12. The author cautioned that a man of low social standing approaching a woman of nobility unless the man be of what?
(a) Bravery.
(b) Foolishness.
(c) Good character.
(d) Steel.

13. How did the author explain the effects of excess passion on love?
(a) Excess passion causes men to fall in love too easily.
(b) Excess passion causes men to only feel lust and never feel love.
(c) Some men are so enslaved to desire that love cannot bind them.
(d) Some men are too passionate to ever truly be loved.

14. If a nobleman wished to select a middle class woman, what was his best course of action to woo her?
(a) Small gifts.
(b) Loving gazes.
(c) Special speech.
(d) Acts of love.

15. What is the meaning of the word from which "love" is derived?
(a) To capture.
(b) Of great purity.
(c) A gift.
(d) To seize.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the author in the Preface, what was his reason for writing the book?

2. When a middle class man suggests a relationship with a middle class woman and she resists him, how is the man to respond?

3. When a nobleman approached a noblewoman, how was he to begin a conversation?

4. What fear about endangering herself would a noblewoman have shared with a nobleman who was pursuing her romantically?

5. What might a middle class woman have said to a nobleman about his social ranking if he had pursued her romantically?

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