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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the author refer to as "the nurse of love"?

2. How did the higher noblewoman respond to the the nobleman's question about loving two women at the same time?

3. How would a member of the most noble class have known which dialogue in the book to consult for advice on love?

4. What is it that the author told Walter is hard to love?

5. What did the author identify as a sure way to decrease love?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Review the dialogues, paying careful attention to the romantic advances of the men involved in them. What similarities do you observe in all of the interactions on the part of the men as they interact with women of varying social rankings. What are the greatest differences? With which social rank of woman do you sense that the man was most respectful and "well behaved?" With which was he the worst?

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

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?

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