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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Recalling the thing the author suggested a middle class man always do in a conversation with a middle class woman, when did he suggest that it be done in the course of a conversation?
(a) Early in the conversation.
(b) At the end of the conversation.
(c) In the middle of the conversation.
(d) Before the conversation really begins.

2. When a middle class man initiates a conversation with a woman of higher nobility, how was he advised to handle the issue of his own lower social standing?
(a) He should hide the truth from her.
(b) He should ignore it.
(c) He should acknowledge it.
(d) He should never discuss social ranking with her at all.

3. According to the author, what is the only way that a lover can accept something of value from the beloved?
(a) If it was painful for the giver to give.
(b) If the giver is in love, as well.
(c) If it is given freely.
(d) Only if it caused the giver great joy.

4. What fear about endangering herself would a noblewoman have shared with a nobleman who was pursuing her romantically?
(a) Becoming careless and silly because of love.
(b) Giving into the power of the goddess of love.
(c) Tarnishing her reputation.
(d) Belittling her nobility.

5. How did the author explain the effects of love on the uncouth man?
(a) He truly becomes handsome when he is loved.
(b) He will never truly be loved.
(c) He cannot love in return.
(d) He can be seen as handsome by someone who loves him.

6. In the dialogue between the nobleman and the noblewoman, how was the nobleman advised to respond when the noblewoman admitted that enjoying love was great and rejecting it was harmful, and though she was afraid of love's burdens, she had an interest in it?
(a) He should embrace her.
(b) He should correct her gently.
(c) He should be wary of her.
(d) He should thank her.

7. In the four-stage theory of appropriate development of love, what is the fourth stage?
(a) Hope.
(b) Kiss.
(c) Whole person.
(d) Embrace.

8. How did the author describe the effects of age on love?
(a) Only the mature can truly enjoy love.
(b) Love knows no age.
(c) Some are too old and some are too young for love.
(d) Only the youthful can truly enjoy love.

9. Of the author's five ways in which love can be acquired, which three produce the most worthy forms of love?
(a) Beauty, good character and ready speech.
(b) Riches, beauty and good character.
(c) Ready speech, riches and good character.
(d) Beauty, kindness and generosity toward expressed needs.

10. According to the author, upon what do lovers focus their attention?
(a) Speaking words of love to those they love.
(b) Catching a glimpse of those they love.
(c) Bringing about the enjoyment of those they love.
(d) Having physical contact with those they love.

11. How did the author explain the connection between love and greed?
(a) Love is essentially a form of greed.
(b) Love eliminates greed.
(c) Love cannot be degraded by greed.
(d) Love is destroyed by greed.

12. When a middle class man suggests a relationship with a middle class woman and she resists him, how is the man to respond?
(a) He must ask her what he must do to win her heart.
(b) He must thank her for her time and end the conversation.
(c) He must take it as a cue to take the upper hand and deal with her firmly.
(d) He must rebuff her again and again.

13. If a middle class woman asked for the chance to think over the romantic advances of a nobleman, how was the nobleman to respond?
(a) He was to agree to wait.
(b) He was to convince her to follow her heart, not her mind.
(c) He was to give her a time limit or appear foolish.
(d) He was to insist that she decide immediately.

14. During a conversation between a nobleman and a noblewoman, what was she to give permission for him to do?
(a) Sit beside her.
(b) Touch her hand.
(c) Look her in the face.
(d) Speak to her about love.

15. According to the author in the Preface, what was his reason for writing the book?
(a) Following his own dream to share his knowledge.
(b) Helping a friend in love.
(c) Following orders from superiors.
(d) Showing the world the error of its ways.

Short Answer Questions

1. Among the author's twelve rules for acquiring love, what did he have to say about two lovers' levels of desire?

2. If a nobleman effectively offered the correct praise to a noblewoman, what might she have permitted him to do daily?

3. How would a noblewoman respond to compliments from a nobleman?

4. What did the author describe as the result of focusing on the beauty of another?

5. In wooing a woman of higher social ranking, how might the middle class man best win her attention?

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