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This test consists of 5 short answer questions and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what way did the author say that greedy women love?

2. What was a member of the most noble class bound to renounce?

3. If the beloved wanted something unreasonable, what did the author advise to do?

4. When the man of higher nobility spoke to a woman of higher nobility, what concerns about the nature of love did the woman express?

5. What happens to desire if one lover expresses anger toward the other?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The author discusses at length the issue of physical beauty versus inner beauty. Discuss the kind of love and its lasting ability that results from seeking love based on physical beauty, and the same for inner beauty. What sorts of attributes create inner beauty? Which type of love is better? Why?

Essay Topic 2

Explain the role of jealousy in romantic relationships and the power it holds. What effects does jealousy have on lovers? Is jealousy always bad or always good? Can jealousy destroy love? Can it be a tool to restore love?

Essay Topic 3

Throughout the various dialogues, the author teaches members of varying social classes the proper ways to interact on a romantic basis. Review the dialogues from Chapter 6 in which the middle class man approaches both a woman of the middle class and a noblewoman. Compare and contrast the two approach and conversation techniques and the women's responses to the man's advances.

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