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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. 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?
(a) She was a widow.
(b) She was already married.
(c) She is afraid of love.
(d) She was too old.

2. According to the author, what is the only way that a lover can accept something of value from the beloved?
(a) If the giver is in love, as well.
(b) Only if it caused the giver great joy.
(c) If it was painful for the giver to give.
(d) If it is given freely.

3. Of what other danger did the nobleman warn the noblewoman?
(a) Choosing the wrong man.
(b) Never having children.
(c) Never loving at all.
(d) Losing her nobility.

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

5. How would a noblewoman respond to compliments from a nobleman?
(a) She would be embarrassed but flattered.
(b) She would be appreciative.
(c) She would rebuff him.
(d) She would feel offended.

Short Answer Questions

1. When a middle class man initiates a conversation with a woman of higher nobility, how was he advised to handle the issue of his own lower social standing?

2. In the four-stage theory of appropriate development of love, what is the third stage?

3. When a nobleman approached a noblewoman and began a conversation appropriately, what was the nobleman to tell the noblewoman it was difficult to restrain himself from doing?

4. In the four-stage theory of appropriate development of love, what is the fourth stage?

5. How did the higher noblewoman respond to the the nobleman's question about loving two women at the same time?

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