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

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the author, what can money not buy?

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

3. What did the author say of the love of prostitutes?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

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 3

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.

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