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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 forbade the two to see eachother again.
(b) The Queen of Eleanor told them to forget their past and move forward with love and equality.
(c) The Countess of Champagne said she was too severe.
(d) The Countess of Champage said she was within her rights.

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

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

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

5. What type of women who are hard to love did the author provide as an example to Walter?
(a) Women who were too greedy.
(b) Women who rejected God.
(c) Women who loved in a counterfeit way.
(d) Women who gave into carnal passion easily.

6. What is it that the author told Walter is hard to love?
(a) Things that are counterfeit.
(b) Things too easy to attain.
(c) Things that rob you of your spirit.
(d) Things that will not love you back.

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

8. The author encouraged Walter to find a woman who would love him regardless of what?
(a) His nobility.
(b) His money.
(c) His inability to return love.
(d) His faith in God.

9. 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?
(a) That he would respect her wishes.
(b) That he knew then that they had no future together.
(c) That he wanted one last chance to profess his love.
(d) That they had so much more to discuss.

10. When the man of higher nobility spoke to a woman of higher nobility, what did the woman encourage the man to seek?
(a) Acceptance of himself before he looks for love.
(b) The approval of men before the approval of women.
(c) The love of a woman of a lower class.
(d) Something higher than love between a man and a woman.

11. In what way did the author explain that a certain class was akin to horses and mules?
(a) They were uncivilized.
(b) They were unclean.
(c) They were godless.
(d) They rarely loved.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. When a man and a woman, both of higher nobility interacted, how did the author advise the man to speak to the woman?

3. Under what condition may a man indulge in the "solace of the flesh" and still retain love?

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

5. Why were nuns advised to fiercely avoid love?

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