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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book Two, How Love May Be Retained, Chapters 1-8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When the man of higher nobility spoke to a woman of higher nobility, what concerns about the nature of love did the woman express?
(a) Fears of loving and losing.
(b) Worries about love not being returned.
(c) Worries about men being unfaithful.
(d) Fears about the costs and torment of love.

2. What might indicate that love has returned?
(a) The lovers find that they dream of eachother.
(b) The woman finds herself feeling jealous.
(c) The woman stops avoiding the man and pays attention to her appearance.
(d) The man cannot stop thinking of the woman.

3. How should a lover behave toward the beloved to retain love?
(a) With detachment.
(b) With unrestrained passion.
(c) With great affection.
(d) With restraint.

4. How did the noblewoman imagine the two women might feel about being loved at the same time by a man?
(a) They might feel betrayed.
(b) They might be infuriated.
(c) They might be jealous and hurt.
(d) They might excuse it.

5. What did the nobleman wonder about loving two women at the same time?
(a) If it could be done in the courtly fashion.
(b) If it doomed the chance to have a future with either woman.
(c) If God would approve.
(d) If it would tarnish his nobility.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the conversation between the higher nobleman and the higher noblewoman, while she remained deeply skeptical and expressed a lack of interest, what did the man do?

2. What did the author identify as a sure way to decrease love?

3. What did the author suggest that a middle class man always do in a conversation with a middle class woman?

4. After the middle class woman's initial reaction in the conversation, how did the author instruct the middle class man to respond?

5. In Chapter 8, the story of the Briton, the gauntlet and the rules of love written by the King of Love concerned how many rules?

(see the answer key)

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