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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. According to the author, about what do people in love think continually?
2. How would the woman of higher nobility react to the middle class man after he informed her of his good qualities?
3. How did the author explain the link between love, perception and social class?
4. What is the meaning of the word from which "love" is derived?
5. What might a middle class woman have said to a nobleman about his social ranking if he had pursued her romantically?
Short Essay Questions
1. Should a woman of high nobility have fallen in love with a man of a lower class, what did she risk the public thinking of her?
2. 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.
3. Explain the author's stance on love and homosexuality.
4. Explain two ways in which a nobleman was advised to approach a middle class woman he wished to pursue romantically.
5. What three issues did the author identify as barring someone from the experience of real love?
6. How can love result in poverty?
7. Identify and describe the word from which "love" was derived.
8. 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?
9. Two of the five ways in which love can be obtained are beauty and good character. Which of these wins love with little effort and which is the characteristic that wise men choose?
10. How did the author describe the way greedy women love, and what group did he suggest greedy women should join?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Explain the author's feelings about peasants and their inclinations to love. Under what circumstances did the author suggest that peasants can experience love? What did the author mean when he suggested that someone who falls in love with a peasant should praise her and then, in a convenient location, "embrace [her] by force?"
Essay Topic 2
In the beginning of the book, the author expresses strong opinions on the subject of homosexuality. Explain his opinions and cite the reasoning behind them.
Essay Topic 3
Throughout the book, the costs and benefits of love are weighed. Provide three examples of the high costs of love and three examples of the benefits of love. Do the benefits outweigh the costs? Overall, does the author support those seeking love, or is his message more of a warning to avoid love and all of its troubles?
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