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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When a nobleman sat next to a middle class woman without permission, what message does he send?
(a) That he is in love with her.
(b) That he is not interested in pursuing her romantically.
(c) That he is of a higher class.
(d) That he was raised poorly and lacks good manners.

2. If a nobleman wished to select a middle class woman, what was his best course of action to woo her?
(a) Special speech.
(b) Acts of love.
(c) Loving gazes.
(d) Small gifts.

3. In the four-stage theory of appropriate development of love, what is the first stage?
(a) Embrace.
(b) Hope.
(c) Whole person.
(d) Kiss.

4. According to the author, how does love feel about homosexuality?
(a) Love is replaced by lust in homosexuality.
(b) Love withers in homosexuality.
(c) Love is ashamed to accept it.
(d) Love embraces it.

5. For what reason would a nobleman claim that he would be willing to marry below his class?
(a) Good character.
(b) Kindness.
(c) Godliness.
(d) Great beauty.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the author suggest that a middle class man always do in a conversation with a middle class woman?

2. According to the author, what does love cause a person to seek above all other things?

3. The word "love" is derived from what word?

4. Despite her social rank, how might a middle class man perceive a noblewoman to be?

5. When the noblewoman expressed her fear about endangering herself, how would the nobleman be expected to respond?

Short Essay Questions

1. In the Preface, explain the request that the author's friend made of him that led him to write the book.

2. In the instance of the older woman insisting to a man that she was too old for love, she expressed deep skepticism and lack interest. How did the man react?

3. As the man and woman in Dialogue 8 interacted, he asked her if a man could love two women in the courtly fashion. What was her response?

4. Explain the author's stance on love and homosexuality.

5. When a woman of nobility seized upon one of the flaws of a lower class man, how was he to best respond to win her affection?

6. Explain the difference in the way a woman of a lower class and a woman of a higher class might have rebuffed a man's romantic advances.

7. What did the woman in Dialogue 8 suspect was the motive for the clergyman nobleman's interest in her, and how did he respond to her accusation?

8. What advice did the author give about seeking the love of prostitutes?

9. When the man and woman of higher nobility interact, what was the woman ready to do at any point during the conversation?

10. As the man and woman in Dialogue 8 argued about the costs and benefits of love, how did the man interpret the meaning of her continued resistance?

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