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

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

3. Among the author's twelve rules for acquiring love, what did he have to say about two lovers' levels of desire?
(a) Their levels of desire should always be absolutely identical.
(b) The woman should always exceed the man in desire.
(c) The man should always exceed the woman in desire.
(d) Neither should exceed the other in desire.

4. 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 rebuff her again and again.
(b) He must thank her for her time and end the conversation.
(c) He must ask her what he must do to win her heart.
(d) He must take it as a cue to take the upper hand and deal with her firmly.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What fear about endangering herself would a noblewoman have shared with a nobleman who was pursuing her romantically?

2. Of the author's five ways in which love can be acquired, which three produce the most worthy forms of love?

3. When a man of higher nobility spoke to a woman of higher nobility, why did the woman say she was reluctant to fall in love?

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

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

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