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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What well known fact does the author say the historical figure proclaims?
(a) He has a child with his sibling.
(b) He lives with a man.
(c) He is a starving artist.
(d) He is married to his sibling.

2. How did Genji's attention to details make his younger conquest feel?
(a) Sorry.
(b) Flattered.
(c) Overwhelmed.
(d) Happy.

3. What does the author say is to be evaded and escaped in seduction?
(a) Enemies.
(b) Friendship.
(c) Manipulation.
(d) Reality.

4. In "Poeticize your Presence", what is described as a fine element of seduction for those who are suited to giving or receiving it?
(a) Theatre.
(b) Jewelry.
(c) Poetry.
(d) Massage.

5. How does the author attack the love of kindness in Chapter 20, "Mix Pleasure with Pain"?
(a) He explains how kindness creates problems.
(b) He tells seducers to avoid being too nice.
(c) He tells the reader that kindness is not love.
(d) He suggests that evil is another form of kindness.

Short Answer Questions

1. The author writes that Errol Flynn's seduction worked _____ rather than _____.

2. According to the author, if a person is alone a lot, then the attentions received are liable to be what?

3. What qualities does the author say men possess that can be a double-edged matter for women?

4. What does the author say in Chapter 22, "Use Physical Lures", is the essence of the art of seduction?

5. What does the author claim seductive writing is a fabulous form of?

Short Essay Questions

1. According to the author, how can one be poetic without using poetry?

2. How does the author say religion can be used to support seduction?

3. In Chapter 21, how is the story of the beautiful woman who hosts a writer's salon an example of intellectual seduction?

4. What is the outcome of the journalist's interview with the Shah of Iran in Chapter 20?

5. What is the key to a successful seduction in Chapter 17, "Effect a Regression"?

6. How does the author say one can practice seductive writing?

7. How does the journalist seduce in her interview with the Shah of Iran in Chapter 20?

8. How does the author say one can weave fiction and nonfiction together when seducing?

9. Why does the author say Errol Flynn succeeds at seducing Nora Eddington?

10. What is the "proving phase" discussed in Chapter 16?

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