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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. According to the author, how does love feel about homosexuality?
2. The nobleman explained to the noblewoman he pursued that the real danger she should fear lay in what?
3. In the four-stage theory of appropriate development of love, what is the third stage?
4. 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?
5. According to the author in the Preface, what was his reason for writing the book?
Short Essay Questions
1. In the Preface, explain the request that the author's friend made of him that led him to write the book.
2. What advice did the author give about seeking the love of prostitutes?
3. Explain two ways in which a nobleman was advised to approach a middle class woman he wished to pursue romantically.
4. What negative effects can love have upon the virtues of honor and chastity?
5. Identify and describe the word from which "love" was derived.
6. Provide one of the 31 rules of love provided at the end of Chapter 8.
7. What thoughts and actions did the author describe as the main focus of lovers?
8. Why did the author state that nuns must fiercely avoid love?
9. As the man and woman in Dialogue 8 interacted, he asked her if a man could love two women in the courtly fashion. What was her response?
10. How can issues of faith and religion destroy love?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
In Book Two, the author reviewed decisions in love cases, many of which involved the Countess of Champagne. Select three of the cases decided by the Countess of Champagne and review her decisions. Are there similarities in her decisions? What are the greatest differences?
Essay Topic 2
The book begins with Walter seeking advice from the author, Andreas Capellanus. Explain Walter's request of the author and the author's two goals in writing "The Art of Courtly Love". Do you believe that Andreas provided sufficient and helpful advice to Walter?
Essay Topic 3
List and describe the five ways in which love can be acquired. Explain which three were identified as the only ways to truly achieve love and why two of them cannot produce love worthily.
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