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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does success represent for the male Rake?

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

3. Along with Insinuation, what other key aspect of seduction does the author name in the chapter, "Master the Art of Insinuation"?

4. What does the author say seducers have the ability to stir up during the experience of seduction?

5. What type of women are especially trusting of male efforts to pursue friendships with them?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the author say might cause an Ideal Lover relationship to collapse?

2. Describe the ruse that Don Juan's victim devises in Chapter 8, "Create Temptation".

3. What value does the author give in knowing Anti-Seducer traits?

4. How does Madame Recamier send mixed signals in Book 2: Chapter 3?

5. Describe a "demonic seducer" from The Charismatic chapter of the text.

6. Why does the author describe Andy Warhol as a cold Coquette?

7. Describe the female Dandy.

8. How does the author describe indecisive results in seduction on the military scale?

9. Why does the author insist that most victims of seduction are willing ones?

10. What qualities does the author attribute to a Natural seducer?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Why does the author suggest that reality has no place in seduction? How does combining a fact with some element of fantasy keeps the deception going?

Essay Topic 2

Describe the gender roles in The Art of Seduction. Are males and females equal, in terms of seduction? Does the book show bias to one gender or another? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 3

How is seduction used in business? What examples from the text illustrate this? Can a business be successful without seduction?

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