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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Among the author's twelve rules for acquiring love, what did he have to say about how to deal with a current love affair?
(a) Break one up by acting quickly to lessen the sting.
(b) Break one up only by speaking with kindness to both parties.
(c) Never break one up knowingly.
(d) Meddling in a current affair should only be done once in a man's life.

2. How might a middle class woman respond to the advances of a nobleman?
(a) She might have been flattered but be suspicious of his actions and intentions.
(b) She might have embarrassed herself by acting too flirty and forward.
(c) She might have been insulted and informed him that she intended to marry in her own social class and he should do the same.
(d) She might have asked if a woman of good character and humble birth is better than poor character and high birth.

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

4. The word "love" is derived from what word?
(a) Hook.
(b) Steal.
(c) Amor.
(d) Give.

5. According to the author, how does love feel about homosexuality?
(a) Love is replaced by lust in homosexuality.
(b) Love withers in homosexuality.
(c) Love embraces it.
(d) Love is ashamed to accept it.

6. 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.

7. Of what other danger did the nobleman warn the noblewoman?
(a) Never having children.
(b) Losing her nobility.
(c) Never loving at all.
(d) Choosing the wrong man.

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

9. If a middle class woman was being pursued by a nobleman, what might she say to rebuff his advances?
(a) That he should find a suitable woman from his own class.
(b) That she suspected he was not good enough, even for her.
(c) That she should wait for a middle class man of good character.
(d) That she was not worthy of his attention.

10. How did the author describe the effects of age on love?
(a) Only the mature can truly enjoy love.
(b) Only the youthful can truly enjoy love.
(c) Love knows no age.
(d) Some are too old and some are too young for love.

11. 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.

12. Should a middle class man approach a very wise noblewoman, what is the risk he takes in conducting himself poorly?
(a) Embarrassing himself.
(b) Being offensive.
(c) Appearing foolish.
(d) Boring her.

13. According to the author in the Preface, what was his reason for writing the book?
(a) Following his own dream to share his knowledge.
(b) Showing the world the error of its ways.
(c) Following orders from superiors.
(d) Helping a friend in love.

14. 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.

15. In what stage of the four-stage theory of appropriate development of love should a woman try to find a lover?
(a) The second stage.
(b) The first stage.
(c) The third stage.
(d) The fourth stage.

Short Answer Questions

1. Of the author's five ways in which love can be acquired, which three produce the most worthy forms of love?

2. According to the author, what is the only way that a lover can accept something of value from the beloved?

3. How did the author explain the connection between love and greed?

4. When a higher nobleman spoke to a middle class woman, how was he advised to begin the conversation?

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

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