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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. If a middle class woman were to resist a middle class man because he is younger than she, how must the man respond?
(a) He must argue that he will live and love long and thus will become worthy of her love some day.
(b) He must use his wealth or other attribute to win her over.
(c) He must accept her rebuke and appraoch her again when he is older.
(d) He must remind her that beauty fades but it is good character than matters.

3. What did the author suggest that a middle class man always do in a conversation with a middle class woman?
(a) Amaze her.
(b) Amuse her.
(c) Flatter her.
(d) Lead her.

4. When the middle class man decided to suggest a relationship with the middle class woman, how did he proceed?
(a) By informing her that she would be wise to engage in a relationship with him.
(b) By begging for her attention and the chance to know her better.
(c) By pointing out how much more noble she is than he.
(d) By asking her if she found him agreeable.

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

6. 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.

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

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

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

10. In the dialogue between the nobleman and the noblewoman, how was the nobleman advised to respond when the noblewoman admitted that enjoying love was great and rejecting it was harmful, and though she was afraid of love's burdens, she had an interest in it?
(a) He should embrace her.
(b) He should correct her gently.
(c) He should thank her.
(d) He should be wary of her.

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

12. According to the author, upon what do lovers focus their attention?
(a) Bringing about the enjoyment of those they love.
(b) Having physical contact with those they love.
(c) Catching a glimpse of those they love.
(d) Speaking words of love to those they love.

13. According to the author, what is the only way that a lover can accept something of value from the beloved?
(a) If it was painful for the giver to give.
(b) If it is given freely.
(c) Only if it caused the giver great joy.
(d) If the giver is in love, as well.

14. How might a man of the middle class convince a woman of nobility that they should enter into a romantic relationship?
(a) He should be humble and lay out all of his faults, asking her for mercy.
(b) He should avoid all talk of social ranking so that she does not discover the truth about him until she is in love.
(c) He should tell her about his good qualities and that they make him worthy of a higher ranking.
(d) He should proudly inform her that he represents the best of the middle class and win her respect.

15. Of the five ways to acquire love, what should wise lovers look for to attain a lasting love?
(a) Ready speech.
(b) Riches.
(c) Beauty.
(d) Good character.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

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?

3. When the noblewoman expressed her fear about endangering herself, how would the nobleman be expected to respond?

4. How might a middle class woman respond to the advances of a nobleman?

5. What did the author warn Walter not to be fooled by when looking for love?

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