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This test consists of 5 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 told them to forget their past and move forward with love and equality.
(b) The Countess of Champage said she was within her rights.
(c) The Countess of Champagne said she was too severe.
(d) The Queen of Eleanor forbade the two to see eachother again.

2. What did the nobleman wonder about loving two women at the same time?
(a) If it would tarnish his nobility.
(b) If it doomed the chance to have a future with either woman.
(c) If God would approve.
(d) If it could be done in the courtly fashion.

3. Throughout the conversation, the woman spoke repeatedly about the costs of love. Of what did the man speak repeatedly?
(a) Love's deception.
(b) Love's attraction.
(c) Love's benefits.
(d) Love's risks.

4. What advice about making a love known to the public did the author provide to men?
(a) They should avoid letting it be publicly known.
(b) They should make it known that they are taken, but not by whom.
(c) They should share their love openly with the public.
(d) They should keep love very secret and never tell anyone during early courtship.

5. What did the author write that all involved in courtly love should avoid?
(a) Too much desire.
(b) Embarrassing the other.
(c) Too much flattery.
(d) Bad appearances.

Short Answer Questions

1. A member of the most noble class was called what?

2. When the man of higher nobility spoke to a woman of higher nobility, what was the man advised to avoid?

3. How did the author explain the concept of teaching the theory of love to a social class likened to horses and mules?

4. When a man of higher nobility spoke to a woman of higher nobility, why did the woman say she was reluctant to fall in love?

5. What did the author think greedy women should do?

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