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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was a member of the most noble class bound to renounce?
(a) God.
(b) Status and wealth.
(c) Love.
(d) Delights of the earth.

2. Why were nuns advised to fiercely avoid love?
(a) It would stir up God's wrath.
(b) They were doomed to never find true love.
(c) They were not worthy of love.
(d) They loved money too much.

3. How did the higher noblewoman respond to the the nobleman's question about loving two women at the same time?
(a) The lover must keep chaste for the beloved.
(b) The lover must seek God's guidance.
(c) The lover must choose one or risk losing both.
(d) The lover must release both women and remain chaste.

4. In the author's reviews of decisions in love cases, what was the difference between the two men in the third case?
(a) Success in love.
(b) Physical appearance.
(c) Wealth.
(d) Social ranking.

5. What accusation about the clergyman nobleman's interest in love did the higher noblewoman make?
(a) That it was based on passion.
(b) That it was false.
(c) That he could never truly give himself to her.
(d) That he would always love God more.

6. What did the author identify as a sure way to decrease love?
(a) Expressing anger.
(b) Being together too much.
(c) Developing feelings of jealousy.
(d) Seeing each other too rarely.

7. In what way did the author say that greedy women love?
(a) In a counterfeit way.
(b) In a real way.
(c) In a transparent way.
(d) In a desperate way.

8. What type of women who are hard to love did the author provide as an example to Walter?
(a) Women who were too greedy.
(b) Women who gave into carnal passion easily.
(c) Women who loved in a counterfeit way.
(d) Women who rejected God.

9. When the man of higher nobility spoke to a woman of higher nobility, what did the woman encourage the man to seek?
(a) The love of a woman of a lower class.
(b) The approval of men before the approval of women.
(c) Acceptance of himself before he looks for love.
(d) Something higher than love between a man and a woman.

10. What did the author consider greedy women to be?
(a) Deadly enemies.
(b) God's problems.
(c) Charity cases.
(d) Worthy challenges.

11. Throughout the conversation, the woman spoke repeatedly about the costs of love. Of what did the man speak repeatedly?
(a) Love's benefits.
(b) Love's attraction.
(c) Love's deception.
(d) Love's risks.

12. In Chapter 8, the story of the Briton, the gauntlet and the rules of love written by the King of Love concerned how many rules?
(a) 55.
(b) 31.
(c) 7.
(d) 101.

13. How would a member of the most noble class have known which dialogue in the book to consult for advice on love?
(a) According to his own social ranking.
(b) According to the rank of his parents.
(c) According to the social rank of the woman in which he was interested.
(d) According to the amount of wealth he had.

14. What happens when love starts to decline?
(a) Blasphemy against God increases.
(b) It can end quickly.
(c) It dies a slow death.
(d) Feelings of jealousy increase.

15. How did the author explain the concept of teaching the theory of love to a social class likened to horses and mules?
(a) It would be unnatural to them and they would never grasp the idea.
(b) It would stir natural desires because all humans were made to love.
(c) It would be unnatural to them, but they would find it useful.
(d) It would stir natural desires in them only if they made a conscious effort.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the author advise a woman to do if her man was unfaithful?

2. When a man and a woman, both of higher nobility interacted, how did the author advise the man to speak to the woman?

3. In the conversation between the higher nobleman and the higher noblewoman, while she remained deeply skeptical and expressed a lack of interest, what did the man do?

4. What might indicate that love has returned?

5. Under what condition may a man indulge in the "solace of the flesh" and still retain love?

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