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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who is included as an example of someone who abandons personal dreams for the purpose of fulfilling society's needs and aspirations?
(a) Napoleon.
(b) Madonna.
(c) Rasputin.
(d) Evita.

3. The author uses an example of a world leader and a _____ to illustrate entering one's spirit.
(a) Journalist.
(b) Priest.
(c) Rival leader.
(d) Concubine.

4. In The Coquette, how is the wife that the author describes cold?
(a) She ignores her husband when he talks to her.
(b) She complains about his friends, when he is clearly lonely.
(c) She refuses the companionship that her husband repeatedly asks for.
(d) She says she would prefer the company of generals than her husband.

5. Who does the author say is the ideal counterpart to Casanova?
(a) Josephine.
(b) Genji.
(c) Cindy Adams.
(d) Charpillon.

6. What type of women are especially trusting of male efforts to pursue friendships with them?
(a) Married women.
(b) Professional women.
(c) Feminists.
(d) Young women.

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

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

9. What modern group best represents the Star archetype?
(a) Celebrities.
(b) Doctors.
(c) Activists.
(d) Business people.

10. What is one practical use of being the Anti-Seducer, according to the chapter of the same name?
(a) Getting to know more people.
(b) Learning to play with people's minds.
(c) Getting rid of unwanted people.
(d) Getting attention for being annoying.

11. 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?
(a) Silent but deadly type.
(b) Seductress.
(c) Weaker fair dame.
(d) Other woman.

12. What group does the author say makes great targets and victims of seduction?
(a) People prone to addictions.
(b) People who are content.
(c) People who are weak.
(d) People who are at least in part unhappy.

13. What seductive power does Lawrence use on his friends?
(a) He throws fabulous parties.
(b) He plays on his physical beauty.
(c) He criticizes them.
(d) He creates triangles.

14. How can people fight their Anti-Seducer tendencies?
(a) By learning how to belly dance.
(b) By being honest.
(c) By being more open-minded.
(d) By rooting it out of themselves.

15. With men who are Rakes, the harder a woman is to get, the what?
(a) More frustrated he becomes.
(b) More angry he becomes.
(c) Harder he will try.
(d) Less he will try.

Short Answer Questions

1. In one case in Chapter 8, it is revealed that Don Juan is only attracted to what type of women?

2. The story of a married woman seducing a younger man is an example of _____ from a _____ era.

3. What type of people does the author say has an advantage in getting hired?

4. What female philosopher is named as a female dandy?

5. The author says that Marlene Dietrich also had an element of what to her?

(see the answer keys)

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