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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 identify as a sure way to decrease love?
(a) Being together too much.
(b) Developing feelings of jealousy.
(c) Expressing anger.
(d) Seeing each other too rarely.

2. 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) Self-acceptance.
(c) Love between a man and a woman.
(d) The respect of peers.

3. What accusation about the clergyman nobleman's interest in love did the higher noblewoman make?
(a) That he would always love God more.
(b) That it was false.
(c) That it was based on passion.
(d) That he could never truly give himself to her.

4. When the man of higher nobility spoke to a woman of higher nobility, what concerns about the nature of love did the woman express?
(a) Fears about the costs and torment of love.
(b) Worries about men being unfaithful.
(c) Fears of loving and losing.
(d) Worries about love not being returned.

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

6. In what way did the author say that greedy women love?
(a) In a transparent way.
(b) In a real way.
(c) In a counterfeit way.
(d) In a desperate way.

7. 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 make it known that they are taken, but not by whom.
(c) They should avoid letting it be publicly known.
(d) They should share their love openly with the public.

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

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

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

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

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

13. 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.

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

15. 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 agression and dominance.
(b) Strongly and with confidence.
(c) With soft and gentle words.
(d) Kindly, and with flattery.

Short Answer Questions

1. What might indicate that love has returned?

2. For the group advised to fiercely avoid love, what was one who sought their love considered to be?

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

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

5. What type of women who are hard to love did the author provide as an example to Walter?

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