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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. How did the author explain the connection between blindness and love?

2. Of the author's five ways in which love can be acquired, which three produce the most worthy forms of love?

3. How did the author explain the link between love, perception and social class?

4. In the four-stage theory of appropriate development of love, what is the second stage?

5. How would the woman of higher nobility react to the middle class man after he informed her of his good qualities?

Short Essay Questions

1. As the man and woman in Dialogue 8 argued about the costs and benefits of love, how did the man interpret the meaning of her continued resistance?

2. What role does levels of desire play in the author's twelve rules for acquiring love?

3. 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.

4. 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?

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

6. Explain two ways in which a nobleman was advised to approach a middle class woman he wished to pursue romantically.

7. 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?

8. What advice did the author give about seeking the love of prostitutes?

9. Why did the author believe that women could not bind themselves to lovers in mutual love as men can?

10. Explain why the noblest class, the clergy, cannot look for love.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

The author states that everyone of sound mind can do the works of love unless disabled by age, blindness or excess passion. Provide an example of each of these barriers to attaining love and explain why they might prohibit someone from experiencing love.

Essay Topic 3

Thinking of the ways in which the author described the nature of women in general, explain how the author felt about women overall. What are at least three examples of women's nature and desires that the author provided to support his feelings about women?

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