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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What was the general focus of Book One?
(a) The perils of love between social classes.
(b) Avoiding the wrong kinds of love.
(c) Acquiring love.
(d) Convincing others to return love.

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

5. Under what condition may a man indulge in the "solace of the flesh" and still retain love?
(a) As long as it is not wearisome to the woman.
(b) As long as both have professed love to the other.
(c) As long as they are married.
(d) As long as they have made a commitment to eachother, such as engagement.

6. What did the author explain as a negative effect of marriage?
(a) It makes communication stop.
(b) It puts an end to courtly love.
(c) It causes people to become resentful.
(d) It prevents people from loving each other.

7. Though God did not ban a man of the clergy from courtly love, what did God ban him from?
(a) Marrying someone who was not a believer.
(b) The flesh.
(c) Flattery.
(d) Marrying someone too young.

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

9. In the author's reviews of decisions in love cases, what was the reason in the second case that a man asked his lover if he could embrace another woman?
(a) He was punishing his lover cruelly.
(b) He was in love with another woman.
(c) He was jealous of his lover.
(d) He was testing his lover.

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

11. According to the author, what effect did leaving the Catholic Church have on lovers?
(a) It caused love to die.
(b) It removed God's blessing on their love.
(c) It cursed them.
(d) It made their love stronger.

12. 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 cannot love in a real way.
(c) They seek only wealth and status.
(d) Their hearts are too full of greed.

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

14. 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.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the author identify as a sure way to decrease love?

2. What accusation about the clergyman nobleman's interest in love did the higher noblewoman make?

3. Up until the beginning of Chapters 7-12, which class, often considered the most noble, was unmentioned?

4. What did the author say about a raped woman's future?

5. How did the noblewoman imagine the two women might feel about being loved at the same time by a man?

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