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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Because a man will see his ideal woman, lust after her and make plans to woo her, how did the author explain love's origins?
(a) It come directly from God when the moment is right.
(b) It is a figment of the imagination.
(c) It develops only when a connection is there.
(d) It is innate to humans.

2. When a nobleman approached a noblewoman and began a conversation appropriately, what was the nobleman to tell the noblewoman it was difficult to restrain himself from doing?
(a) Kissing her.
(b) Embracing her.
(c) Showering her with gifts.
(d) Praising her excessively.

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

4. 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 giggles and sometimes blushing.
(c) With some resistance.
(d) With slight annoyance.

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

6. Among the author's twelve rules for acquiring love, what did he have to say about private versus public relationships?
(a) Private love affairs are considered adultery.
(b) Love affairs should be kept private.
(c) Love affairs should be made public.
(d) Public love affairs are doomed for failure.

7. Who was Walter?
(a) A blind man who could not love because he could not see.
(b) The author's real name.
(c) A nobleman who never knew true love.
(d) A good friend of the author.

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

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

10. What might a middle class woman have said to a nobleman about his social ranking if he had pursued her romantically?
(a) That he might belittle his nobility.
(b) That he might slightly improve his social ranking.
(c) That he would lose social ranking entirely.
(d) That he would greatly improve his social standing.

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

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

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

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

15. What did the author describe as the result of focusing on the beauty of another?
(a) Harmony.
(b) Lustful thoughts.
(c) Pure passion.
(d) Innate suffering.

Short Answer Questions

1. The author cautioned that a man of low social standing approaching a woman of nobility unless the man be of what?

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

3. Should a middle class man approach a very wise noblewoman, what is the risk he takes in conducting himself poorly?

4. In the four-stage theory of appropriate development of love, what is the fourth stage?

5. In the four-stage theory of appropriate development of love, to what age group does a woman's ideal man belong?

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