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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book One, Introduction to the Treatise on Love, Chapter 6, Dialogue 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In the first dialogue, how did the conversation between the middle class man and the middle class woman begin?
(a) The man greeted the woman normally, but only because she was with another female.
(b) The woman initiated the greeting but allowed the man to make conversation.
(c) The man waited for permission to approach the woman, greeting her with reverence and made conversation.
(d) The man greeted the woman normally and the woman made conversation naturally.

2. Among the author's twelve rules for acquiring love, what did he have to say about how to deal with a current love affair?
(a) Meddling in a current affair should only be done once in a man's life.
(b) Break one up by acting quickly to lessen the sting.
(c) Break one up only by speaking with kindness to both parties.
(d) Never break one up knowingly.

3. When the middle class man decided to suggest a relationship with the middle class woman, how did he proceed?
(a) By informing her that she would be wise to engage in a relationship with him.
(b) By asking her if she found him agreeable.
(c) By pointing out how much more noble she is than he.
(d) By begging for her attention and the chance to know her better.

4. When a woman of high nobility accepted the romantic advances of a lower class man, she runs the risk of the public thinking that she did so only for what reason?
(a) Cruelty.
(b) Passion.
(c) Adventure.
(d) Weakness.

5. According to the author, what does love cause a person to seek above all other things?
(a) A glimpse of the one he loves.
(b) The embrace of the one he loves.
(c) The chance to speak with the one he loves.
(d) The thought of the one he loves.

Short Answer 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?

2. What did the author warn Walter not to be fooled by when looking for love?

3. According to the author, about what do people in love think continually?

4. 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?

5. How did the author describe the effects of age on love?

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