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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. What fear about endangering herself would a noblewoman have shared with a nobleman who was pursuing her romantically?
(a) Giving into the power of the goddess of love.
(b) Tarnishing her reputation.
(c) Becoming careless and silly because of love.
(d) Belittling her nobility.

2. Of the five ways to acquire love, what should wise lovers look for to attain a lasting love?
(a) Good character.
(b) Riches.
(c) Ready speech.
(d) Beauty.

3. When a middle class man approaches a very wise noblewoman, how must he behave?
(a) He must prove that he is as smart, or smarter, than she.
(b) He must not overly praise her.
(c) He should commend her for her brains as well as her beauty.
(d) He should ignore her intelligence and focus on her beauty.

4. Because a man will see his ideal woman, lust after her and make plans to woo her, how did the author explain love's origins?
(a) It develops only when a connection is there.
(b) It come directly from God when the moment is right.
(c) It is innate to humans.
(d) It is a figment of the imagination.

5. What did the author warn Walter not to be fooled by when looking for love?
(a) Beauty or excellent talk.
(b) Age, either too young or too old.
(c) Someone with excess passion.
(d) Riches and promiscuity.

Short Answer Questions

1. When a woman of high nobility accepted the romantic advances of a lower class man, she runs the risk of the public thinking that she did so only for what reason?

2. In the first dialogue, how did the conversation between the middle class man and the middle class woman begin?

3. Of what other danger did the nobleman warn the noblewoman?

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

5. How did the author explain the effects of excess passion on love?

Short Essay Questions

1. What type of woman did the author encourage Walter to find?

2. What example did the author use to explain why love is innate?

3. What did the author advise women to do if their men are unfaithful, and why?

4. Identify and describe the word from which "love" was derived.

5. How can love result in poverty?

6. When the man in Dialogue 8 asks the woman if a man should be punished for going to another woman without loving her or achieving his desire, how did she respond?

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

8. Explain the singular reason why a nobleman would be willing to marry below his class.

9. In what ways may love increase after it has been consummated?

10. Explain how the nobleman was advised to approach a noblewoman, and how he was to begin conversation with her.

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