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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When the noblewoman expressed her fear about endangering herself, how would the nobleman be expected to respond?
(a) With mock annoyance.
(b) With concern.
(c) With contempt.
(d) With humble apology.

2. Among the author's twelve rules for acquiring love, what did he have to say about two lovers' levels of desire?
(a) The woman should always exceed the man in desire.
(b) Neither should exceed the other in desire.
(c) The man should always exceed the woman in desire.
(d) Their levels of desire should always be absolutely identical.

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

4. If a nobleman effectively offered the correct praise to a noblewoman, what might she have permitted him to do daily?
(a) View her.
(b) Embrace her.
(c) Touch her.
(d) Flatter her.

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

6. When a nobleman approached a noblewoman, how was he to begin a conversation?
(a) With flattery.
(b) With a request for her advice.
(c) With a gift.
(d) With humor.

7. When a middle class man suggests a relationship with a middle class woman and she resists him, how is the man to respond?
(a) He must ask her what he must do to win her heart.
(b) He must thank her for her time and end the conversation.
(c) He must take it as a cue to take the upper hand and deal with her firmly.
(d) He must rebuff her again and again.

8. How did the author explain the effects of love on the uncouth man?
(a) He can be seen as handsome by someone who loves him.
(b) He will never truly be loved.
(c) He truly becomes handsome when he is loved.
(d) He cannot love in return.

9. Of the author's five ways in which love can be acquired, which three produce the most worthy forms of love?
(a) Ready speech, riches and good character.
(b) Beauty, good character and ready speech.
(c) Riches, beauty and good character.
(d) Beauty, kindness and generosity toward expressed needs.

10. When the higher nobleman spoke to the woman of simple nobility, what was he advised to avoid doing in conversation with her?
(a) Belittling her nobility.
(b) Boasting about his nobility.
(c) Praising her too much.
(d) Insulting her intelligence.

11. How did the author explain the connection between love and greed?
(a) Love is destroyed by greed.
(b) Love cannot be degraded by greed.
(c) Love is essentially a form of greed.
(d) Love eliminates greed.

12. How did the author explain the connection between blindness and love?
(a) The eyes of the soul see all that needs to be seen.
(b) Blind people fall in love too often because they cannot determine true beauty.
(c) Blind people love better than those with sight because they use all of their senses.
(d) The blind cannot see anything on which the mind can become obsessed.

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

14. How did the author approach the topic of homosexuality?
(a) He believed that love has no boundaries, but religion can interfere with true love.
(b) He believed that love could only exist between a man and a woman.
(c) He believed that love between two men was an abomination, but love between two women was acceptable.
(d) He believed that love between two women was an abomination, but love between two men was acceptable

15. 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) Passion.
(b) Adventure.
(c) Weakness.
(d) Cruelty.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What did the author note that women can achieve through marriage, but men cannot?

3. Among the author's twelve rules for acquiring love, what did he have to say about avarice, or love of wealth?

4. When a middle class man approaches a very wise noblewoman, how must he behave?

5. What is the meaning of the word from which "love" is derived?

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