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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When the author wrote about how to behave when one fell in love with a peasant, what is it believed that he was suggesting?
(a) Counterfeit love.
(b) Lust.
(c) Rape.
(d) Carnal passion.

2. What did the nobleman wonder about loving two women at the same time?
(a) If it doomed the chance to have a future with either woman.
(b) If it could be done in the courtly fashion.
(c) If it would tarnish his nobility.
(d) If God would approve.

3. If a greedy woman truly loved her man, what would she be hesitant to do?
(a) Neglect his needs.
(b) Ask so much of him.
(c) Destroy him.
(d) Belittle him.

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

5. When the man of higher nobility spoke to the woman of higher nobility, of what did he argue that her resistance was an indicator?
(a) Her immaturity.
(b) Her true feelings.
(c) Her derangement.
(d) Her fears of love.

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

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

8. In the author's reviews of decisions in love cases, what was the outcome of the case in which a lady forbade a man to love another and enforced a very severe punishment?
(a) The Queen of Eleanor told them to forget their past and move forward with love and equality.
(b) The Countess of Champage said she was within her rights.
(c) The Countess of Champagne said she was too severe.
(d) The Queen of Eleanor forbade the two to see eachother again.

9. What did the author think greedy women should do?
(a) Join a brothel.
(b) Seek the love of a poor man.
(c) Find a man equally as greedy to love.
(d) Repent.

10. 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?
(a) He mirrored her emotions.
(b) He became more intense.
(c) He sought the love of another woman.
(d) He reminded her of his social ranking.

11. When a man of higher nobility spoke to a woman of higher nobility, what argument did they have about love?
(a) About its ability to heal.
(b) About its ability to frighten.
(c) About its deception.
(d) About its prudence.

12. How did the noblewoman imagine the two women might feel about being loved at the same time by a man?
(a) They might excuse it.
(b) They might feel betrayed.
(c) They might be jealous and hurt.
(d) They might be infuriated.

13. For the group advised to fiercely avoid love, what was one who sought their love considered to be?
(a) A sinner.
(b) A hypocrite.
(c) A beast.
(d) A harlot.

14. What did the author say of the love of prostitutes?
(a) It should be a man's personal choice.
(b) It should be enjoyed without shame.
(c) It should be absolutely resisted.
(d) It should be a last resort.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How should a lover behave toward the beloved to retain love?

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

3. Though God did not ban a man of the clergy from courtly love, what did God ban him from?

4. Why were nuns advised to fiercely avoid love?

5. When the man of higher nobility spoke to a woman of higher nobility, what did the woman encourage the man to seek?

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