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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. What did the author say about a raped woman's future?
(a) She is undeserving of love.
(b) She is sure to find a great love.
(c) She is too damaged to love.
(d) She deserves love.

5. What did the author write that all involved in courtly love should avoid?
(a) Bad appearances.
(b) Embarrassing the other.
(c) Too much flattery.
(d) Too much desire.

6. When the man of higher nobility spoke to a woman of higher nobility, what was the man advised to avoid?
(a) Saying anything that would ridicule himself in her eyes.
(b) Embarrassing her.
(c) Praising her excessively.
(d) Insisting that his rank was more prestigious than hers.

7. When a man and a woman, both of higher nobility interacted, how did the author advise the man to speak to the woman?
(a) Strongly and with confidence.
(b) With soft and gentle words.
(c) Kindly, and with flattery.
(d) With agression and dominance.

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

9. What happens to desire if one lover expresses anger toward the other?
(a) It matures.
(b) It increases.
(c) It stays the same.
(d) It decreases.

10. 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) 7.
(b) 101.
(c) 31.
(d) 55.

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

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

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

14. Up until the beginning of Chapters 7-12, which class, often considered the most noble, was unmentioned?
(a) The nobility.
(b) The Royal Family.
(c) The serfs.
(d) The clergy.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What did the author say greedy women do to men?

3. 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?

4. A member of the most noble class was called what?

5. What was a member of the most noble class bound to renounce?

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