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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 contempt.
(b) With concern.
(c) With mock annoyance.
(d) With humble apology.

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

3. Before love becomes balanced on both sides, what did the author say happens to two people in love?
(a) They experience the greatest anticipation of their lives.
(b) No suffering is greater than theirs.
(c) Their feelings change from lust to a sacred love.
(d) No passion is purer than theirs.

4. According to the author, about what do people in love think continually?
(a) Fearful thoughts of rejection.
(b) Lustful thoughts.
(c) Each other.
(d) Only happy things because love has colored their vision.

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

6. Despite her social rank, how might a middle class man perceive a noblewoman to be?
(a) Childish.
(b) Boring.
(c) Unsophisticated.
(d) Bad-mannered.

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 might slightly improve his social ranking.
(b) That he would greatly improve his social standing.
(c) That he might belittle his nobility.
(d) That he would lose social ranking entirely.

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

9. When the middle class man approached the woman of higher nobility and she told him finally that he had no reason to hope, how was he to respond?
(a) Tell her that lack of hope does not kill love.
(b) Ask her what he might change about himself to win her over.
(c) Emphasize that he was willing to hope beyond reason.
(d) Take it as his cue to end the pursuit.

10. 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 give her a time limit or appear foolish.
(b) He was to convince her to follow her heart, not her mind.
(c) He was to agree to wait.
(d) He was to insist that she decide immediately.

11. According to the author, what does love cause a person to seek above all other things?
(a) The thought of the one he loves.
(b) The chance to speak with the one he loves.
(c) A glimpse of the one he loves.
(d) The embrace of the one he loves.

12. 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 woman initiated the greeting but allowed the man to make conversation.
(c) The man waited for permission to approach the woman, greeting her with reverence and made conversation.
(d) The man greeted the woman normally, but only because she was with another female.

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

14. 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 cannot love in return.
(c) He will never truly be loved.
(d) He truly becomes handsome when he is loved.

15. For a nobleman whose advances are being rebuffed by a middle class woman, what must he argue to her?
(a) The goodness of his character.
(b) That she is more beautiful and kind than any woman in his class.
(c) That she may be low born, but she deserves to be treated as upper class.
(d) The importance of his social ranking.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. Among the author's twelve rules for acquiring love, what did he have to say about private versus public relationships?

3. When a nobleman sat next to a middle class woman without permission, what message does he send?

4. Among the author's twelve rules for acquiring love, what did he have to say about how to deal with a current love affair?

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

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