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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 advise a woman to do when she has loved a man who was unworthy of her?
(a) Lower her own standards and embrace love.
(b) Improve him or give up.
(c) Seek the counsel of the clergy for direction.
(d) Realize her mistake and end things quickly.

2. According to the rules of love, what one characteristic alone can make any man worthy of love?
(a) Good character.
(b) Devotion to God.
(c) Confidence.
(d) Kindness.

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

4. 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, but they would find it useful.
(b) It would stir natural desires because all humans were made to love.
(c) It would be unnatural to them and they would never grasp the idea.
(d) It would stir natural desires in them only if they made a conscious effort.

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

6. What did the author say greedy women do to men?
(a) Turn them into shadows of themselves.
(b) Breed greed in their own hearts.
(c) Bleed them dry and leave them.
(d) Make them better men by breaking them down first.

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

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

9. 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) 101.
(b) 55.
(c) 31.
(d) 7.

10. 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.

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

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

13. 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) Acceptance of himself before he looks for love.
(c) The approval of men before the approval of women.
(d) Something higher than love between a man and a woman.

14. Why did the woman of higher nobility reprove the nobleman who was a member of the clergy?
(a) She would be a mockery if she entered into a relationship with him.
(b) He should be shamed for pursuing her.
(c) He should be satisfied with things of God.
(d) She would never feel worthy of his love.

15. According to the author, what can money not buy?
(a) True love.
(b) Mercy.
(c) Respect.
(d) Affection.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the author refer to as "the nurse of love"?

2. What does blasphemy against God do to love?

3. What did the author explain as a negative effect of marriage?

4. How did the author advise to best increase desire after love has been consummated?

5. When the man of higher nobility spoke to a woman of higher nobility, what was the man advised to avoid?

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