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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. In Chapter 13, what is the woman like that the seducer goes after?
(a) She is happily married.
(b) She is a poor servant looking for a way out.
(c) She has a bad reputation.
(d) She has an excellent reputation and is of high status.

2. According to the author, if a person is alone a lot, then the attentions received are liable to be what?
(a) Ignored.
(b) Simple.
(c) Magnified.
(d) Boring.

3. How does the regression strategy from Chapter 17 help seducers?
(a) It offers a short-term euphoria.
(b) It teaches mind control.
(c) It teaches them how to use emotions intentionally.
(d) It helps them financially.

4. What term does the author use to describe the victim's idealized self-image, which is the key force that needs to be engaged?
(a) Childhood regression.
(b) Oedipal relationship.
(c) Infantile regression.
(d) Ego ideal.

5. What does the author say is easier to accomplish in a repressive culture?
(a) Citizenship.
(b) A hoax.
(c) Harmless transgression.
(d) Justified rage.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 19, "Use Spiritual Lures", what do people like to feel as much as they are drawn to naughtiness or evil?

2. By mixing pleasure with pain, what does the author say the seducer can turn the seduced into?

3. The author describes the lure of _____ within a seduction in Chapter 18, "Stir Up the Transgressive and Taboo".

4. What factors make letter writing ideal for Johannes and the woman he admires?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the author say is the benefit of knowing your target?

2. How does Lord Byron engage in taboos in Chapter 18?

3. How does the author say seducers should approach gift giving?

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

5. Describe Nora Eddington from Chapter 22, "The Physical Lures".

6. What does the author say one should do after having seduced someone?

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

8. What does the author say is the allure for some of the forbidden desires that seducers crave?

9. What changes does the author suggest people make to show attention to details?

10. How is the girl isolated by Aly Khan in Chapter 15, "Isolate the Victim"?

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