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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What type of people does the author say are virtually impossible to seduce?
(a) Single people.
(b) Truly content people.
(c) Married people.
(d) Depressed people.

2. The story of a married woman seducing a younger man is an example of _____ from a _____ era.
(a) Adultery/Libertine.
(b) Courtship/Christian.
(c) Seduction/War.
(d) Friendship/Conservative.

3. Who does the author describe as an excellent musician and fun dancer?
(a) Madame Recamier.
(b) Shakira.
(c) James Brown.
(d) Queen Victoria.

4. What does the author say seducers have the ability to stir up during the experience of seduction?
(a) Weakness.
(b) Guilt.
(c) Repressed feelings.
(d) Hunger pangs.

5. What is Casanova's counterpart famous for?
(a) Socializing with wealthy people.
(b) Interviewing world leaders.
(c) Having a famous spouse.
(d) Being a destroyer of men.

6. How does the author describe honesty?
(a) Admirable.
(b) Anti-seductive.
(c) Essential.
(d) Complicated.

7. What famous Madame does the author describe as the main figure in The Ideal Lover?
(a) Tussaud.
(b) Curie.
(c) Laveau.
(d) Pompadour.

8. The author explains that gaining popularity applies to _____ as much as it does to romance.
(a) Football.
(b) College.
(c) Friendship.
(d) Business.

9. What quality does the target have that makes the seducer want to indulge him or her?
(a) The target is bossy.
(b) The target is intimidating.
(c) The target is irresistible.
(d) The target is spiritual.

10. What was "the trick," that the author describes, that was used against Cleopatra?
(a) Asking for favors first thing in the morning.
(b) Being nice to her without getting particularly emotional.
(c) Being mean to her, then apologizing with gifts.
(d) Playing hard to get.

11. Who does the author say attempts to create a union with a Russian Czar that will include a divorce from his wife?
(a) Greene.
(b) Warhol.
(c) Lord Byron.
(d) Napoleon.

12. Lou Andres Salome kept many men around to preserve a _____ from the passions of any individual man.
(a) Quiet reserve.
(b) Safe Distance.
(c) Lasting impression.
(d) Humble shelter.

13. What does the author say Genji, from the Asian Imperial Court, is famous for?
(a) Teaching the Emperor his ways.
(b) Writing love stories.
(c) Dancing.
(d) Sleeping with women of the Court.

14. In Chapter 5, the author describes a writer named Lawrence who is more _____ than _____.
(a) Literary/Amateur.
(b) Selfish/Gracious.
(c) Thoughtful/Physical.
(d) Notorious/Respected.

15. The morning after the tryst with the married woman in "Master the Art of Insinuation" , who advises and releases the young man?
(a) The servants.
(b) The young man's other lover.
(c) The married woman.
(d) The husband.

Short Answer Questions

1. What type of seducer is poet Oscar Wilde known to be?

2. What type of request does the American woman make to the leader of Indonesia?

3. What group does the author say makes great targets and victims of seduction?

4. The chapter, "Master the Art of Insinuation" states that society has forced the married woman to make pretenses of being pursued and to appear to be the what?

5. With men who are Rakes, the harder a woman is to get, the what?

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