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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. Of what other danger did the nobleman warn the noblewoman?
2. Of the five ways to acquire love, which is the only one worthy of love?
3. If a middle class woman were to resist a middle class man because he is younger than she, how must the man respond?
4. When a nobleman sat next to a middle class woman without permission, what message does he send?
5. The author cautioned that a man of low social standing approaching a woman of nobility unless the man be of what?
Short Essay Questions
1. What three issues did the author identify as barring someone from the experience of real love?
2. Explain two ways in which a nobleman was advised to approach a middle class woman he wished to pursue romantically.
3. What thoughts and actions did the author describe as the main focus of lovers?
4. 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.
5. Identify and describe the word from which "love" was derived.
6. According to the dialogues, how best might a man of a lower social ranking win the favor of a woman of nobility?
7. When the woman in Dialogue 8 reproved the man of the clergy for pursuing her romantically, for what reason did she do so?
8. Give one example of how love can be decreased.
9. 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?
10. When the man and woman of higher nobility interact, what was the woman ready to do at any point during the conversation?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
In Book Three, the author stated that it is unclear what good comes to men through love besides the love itself. In fact, the author cited many examples of harm that can come from love. In what ways can love cause the following: loss of honor, threat to chastity and destruction of peace?
Essay Topic 2
In Book Two, the author reviewed decisions in love cases, many of which involved the Countess of Champagne. Select three of the cases decided by the Countess of Champagne and review her decisions. Are there similarities in her decisions? What are the greatest differences?
Essay Topic 3
Review the thirty-one rules of love and select three that appeal to you. For each, briefly explain why this rule is important for love to flourish.
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