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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How should a lover behave toward the beloved to retain love?
(a) With detachment.
(b) With unrestrained passion.
(c) With restraint.
(d) With great affection.

2. Why did the author say that these women who are hard to love cannot love a single man?
(a) They love only to satisfy lust.
(b) They seek only wealth and status.
(c) They cannot love in a real way.
(d) Their hearts are too full of greed.

3. 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) Carnal passion.
(b) Rape.
(c) Lust.
(d) Counterfeit love.

4. What did the author refer to as "the nurse of love"?
(a) Jealousy.
(b) Desire.
(c) Distance.
(d) Anger.

5. When the man of higher nobility spoke to a woman of higher nobility, what did the woman look for a chance to do?
(a) Correct him.
(b) Flatter him.
(c) Embrace him.
(d) Ridicule him.

6. What is one way a man might lose love?
(a) Becoming jealous.
(b) Appearing uncultured.
(c) Acting too noble.
(d) Becoming angry.

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

8. How did the author advise to best increase desire after love has been consummated?
(a) See each other rarely.
(b) See each other only in public.
(c) See each other every moment possible.
(d) See each other only at their very best.

9. What advice about making a love known to the public did the author provide to men?
(a) They should avoid letting it be publicly known.
(b) They should make it known that they are taken, but not by whom.
(c) They should share their love openly with the public.
(d) They should keep love very secret and never tell anyone during early courtship.

10. For the woman, what did being unfaithful damage most?
(a) Her relationship with God.
(b) Her character.
(c) Her reputation.
(d) Her future relationships.

11. When the man of higher nobility spoke to a woman of higher nobility, what did the man insist was a great good?
(a) The respect of peers.
(b) Love between a man and a woman.
(c) Self-acceptance.
(d) Love of someone from a lower class.

12. If the beloved wanted something unreasonable, what did the author advise to do?
(a) Be abrupt and clear and refuse to give it to her.
(b) Use it as a tool to acquire more affection.
(c) Give it to her.
(d) Lovingly tease her about her foolishness do not give in.

13. To what was a member of the most noble class to devote himself?
(a) To peace.
(b) To God.
(c) To love.
(d) To knowledge.

14. What did the author advise a woman to do if her man was unfaithful?
(a) Improve herself to make him stay.
(b) Express her anger so that love will increase.
(c) Even the score by being unfaithful.
(d) Abandon him.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does blasphemy against God do to love?

2. How did the author explain the concept of teaching the theory of love to a social class likened to horses and mules?

3. When the man of higher nobility spoke to the woman of higher nobility and she grew tired of their conversation and insisted that it should end, how did the nobleman respond?

4. What class of person did the author liken to horses and mules?

5. What did the author write that all involved in courtly love should avoid?

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