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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. How did the author approach the topic of homosexuality?
(a) He believed that love has no boundaries, but religion can interfere with true love.
(b) He believed that love between two women was an abomination, but love between two men was acceptable
(c) He believed that love could only exist between a man and a woman.
(d) He believed that love between two men was an abomination, but love between two women was acceptable.

2. In wooing a woman of higher social ranking, how might the middle class man best win her attention?
(a) He should avoid the issue of social class and focus only on flattering her with praise.
(b) He should acknowledge that he is undeserving of her and beg for her favor.
(c) He should pretend to be of a higher class until she gets to know him.
(d) He should tell her that love transcends social class.

3. Of the five ways to acquire love, which is the only one worthy of love?
(a) Generosity.
(b) Riches.
(c) Good character.
(d) Beauty.

4. Among the author's twelve rules for acquiring love, what did he have to say about avarice, or love of wealth?
(a) Seek it out.
(b) Accept it.
(c) Cherish it.
(d) Avoid it.

5. How might a middle class woman respond to the advances of a nobleman?
(a) She might have been insulted and informed him that she intended to marry in her own social class and he should do the same.
(b) She might have asked if a woman of good character and humble birth is better than poor character and high birth.
(c) She might have embarrassed herself by acting too flirty and forward.
(d) She might have been flattered but be suspicious of his actions and intentions.

Short Answer Questions

1. Despite her social rank, how might a middle class man perceive a noblewoman to be?

2. Because a man will see his ideal woman, lust after her and make plans to woo her, how did the author explain love's origins?

3. How did the author explain the effects of excess passion on love?

4. According to the author, what does love cause a person to seek above all other things?

5. When the middle class man successfully performed what the author suggested he should do in every conversation with a middle class woman, how did the woman respond?

Short Essay Questions

1. Should a woman of high nobility have fallen in love with a man of a lower class, what did she risk the public thinking of her?

2. What advice did the author give about seeking the love of prostitutes?

3. What thoughts and actions did the author describe as the main focus of lovers?

4. Explain the singular reason why a nobleman would be willing to marry below his class.

5. Explain how the noblewoman would have argued with the nobleman about her fears about love and endangering her, and how the nobleman would have reacted.

6. Two of the five ways in which love can be obtained are beauty and good character. Which of these wins love with little effort and which is the characteristic that wise men choose?

7. What did the author advise women to do if their men are unfaithful, and why?

8. Explain the difference in the way a woman of a lower class and a woman of a higher class might have rebuffed a man's romantic advances.

9. To what characteristic about himself was the middle class man advised to draw attention when trying to attract a woman of nobility?

10. What example did the author use to explain why love is innate?

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