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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 approach the topic of homosexuality?
2. Of the five ways to acquire love, what should wise lovers look for to attain a lasting love?
3. How did the author explain the connection between blindness and love?
4. When a nobleman approached a noblewoman and began a conversation appropriately, what was the nobleman to tell the noblewoman it was difficult to restrain himself from doing?
5. In the first dialogue, how did the conversation between the middle class man and the middle class woman begin?
Short Essay Questions
1. Under what condition may love be retained and still allow the lovers to indulge in the "solace of flesh"?
2. How can issues of faith and religion destroy love?
3. What advice did the author give about seeking the love of prostitutes?
4. What example did the author use to explain why love is innate?
5. Give one example of why the author described greedy women as "deadly enemies".
6. What did the author describe as arising from the perception and focus on the beauty of another?
7. Provide one example why the author advised Walter not to look for love.
8. What thoughts and actions did the author describe as the main focus of lovers?
9. In what ways may love increase after it has been consummated?
10. When the man in Dialogue 8 asks the woman if a man should be punished for going to another woman without loving her or achieving his desire, how did she respond?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
The author warned Walter to avoid many of the pitfalls of love, including avoiding romance with certain people. Explain why the author warned Walter to avoid the following three types of women: nuns, prostitutes and greedy women.
Essay Topic 2
The book begins with Walter seeking advice from the author, Andreas Capellanus. Explain Walter's request of the author and the author's two goals in writing "The Art of Courtly Love". Do you believe that Andreas provided sufficient and helpful advice to Walter?
Essay Topic 3
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?
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