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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. If a middle class woman was being pursued by a nobleman, what might she say to rebuff his advances?
(a) That she suspected he was not good enough, even for her.
(b) That she was not worthy of his attention.
(c) That she should wait for a middle class man of good character.
(d) That he should find a suitable woman from his own class.

2. How would a noblewoman respond to compliments from a nobleman?
(a) She would feel offended.
(b) She would be embarrassed but flattered.
(c) She would be appreciative.
(d) She would rebuff him.

3. If a middle class woman asked for the chance to think over the romantic advances of a nobleman, how was the nobleman to respond?
(a) He was to convince her to follow her heart, not her mind.
(b) He was to insist that she decide immediately.
(c) He was to agree to wait.
(d) He was to give her a time limit or appear foolish.

4. What might a middle class woman have said to a nobleman about his social ranking if he had pursued her romantically?
(a) That he would greatly improve his social standing.
(b) That he might belittle his nobility.
(c) That he might slightly improve his social ranking.
(d) That he would lose social ranking entirely.

5. When a middle class man initiates a conversation with a woman of higher nobility, how was he advised to handle the issue of his own lower social standing?
(a) He should acknowledge it.
(b) He should hide the truth from her.
(c) He should never discuss social ranking with her at all.
(d) He should ignore it.

Short Answer Questions

1. When the middle class man decided to suggest a relationship with the middle class woman, how did he proceed?

2. Should a middle class man approach a very wise noblewoman, what is the risk he takes in conducting himself poorly?

3. According to the author, about what do people in love think continually?

4. When a nobleman sat next to a middle class woman without permission, what message does he send?

5. In the four-stage theory of appropriate development of love, to what age group does a woman's ideal man belong?

Short Essay Questions

1. How can issues of faith and religion destroy love?

2. Give one example of how love can be decreased.

3. When a man of a lower class is rebuffed by a woman of nobility again and again, how best was he to respond to win a favorable reaction from her?

4. How did the author describe the way greedy women love, and what group did he suggest greedy women should join?

5. Give one example of why the author described greedy women as "deadly enemies".

6. How might a man know that a love has been restored or is returning?

7. What thoughts and actions did the author describe as the main focus of lovers?

8. What did the author describe being requested by Walter in the Preface?

9. Explain how the noblewoman would have argued with the nobleman about her fears about love and endangering her, and how the nobleman would have reacted.

10. Provide one example why the author advised Walter not to look for love.

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