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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. Among the author's twelve rules for acquiring love, what did he have to say about two lovers' levels of desire?
2. Of the five ways to acquire love, what should wise lovers look for to attain a lasting 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. How would the woman of higher nobility react to the middle class man after he informed her of his good qualities?
5. In the dialogue between the nobleman and the noblewoman, how was the nobleman advised to respond when the noblewoman admitted that enjoying love was great and rejecting it was harmful, and though she was afraid of love's burdens, she had an interest in it?
Short Essay Questions
1. When a man of a lower class is rebuffed by a woman of nobility again and again, how best was he to respond to win a favorable reaction from her?
2. When a man of higher nobility approached a woman of simple nobility, of what was he advised to avoid doing during conversation?
3. How did the author explain the effects of love on the uncouth man?
4. How did the author describe the way greedy women love, and what group did he suggest greedy women should join?
5. When the man and woman of higher nobility interact, what was the woman ready to do at any point during the conversation?
6. 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?
7. What type of woman did the author encourage Walter to find?
8. What effects might love have upon the needs for food, drink and sleep?
9. According to the dialogues, how best might a man of a lower social ranking win the favor of a woman of nobility?
10. When the man and woman of higher nobility interact, the woman told the man that he should be interested in something higher than the love between a man and a woman. How did the man respond?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
In Book 2, ways to retain love are discussed. List and describe specific ways in which feelings of love can be retained and increased after a relationship has been consummated. List and describe sure ways to cause love to decrease or end.
Essay Topic 2
Throughout the dialogues, the women, regardless of their social ranking, continually rebuff the advances of the men who sought to pursue them romantically. Review the dialogues and the women's responses to the men's advances. What similarities to you observe in their responses? What are the greatest differences?
Essay Topic 3
Called "terrible" and "dangerous," the author provided many warnings against fooling with love. List at least three examples each for how love is both dangerous and terrible. Provide a real-life example of each you listed.
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