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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. What did the author write that all involved in courtly love should avoid?
(a) Too much flattery.
(b) Too much desire.
(c) Embarrassing the other.
(d) Bad appearances.

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

3. How did the author approach the topic of homosexuality?
(a) He believed that love between two women was an abomination, but love between two men was acceptable
(b) He believed that love has no boundaries, but religion can interfere with true love.
(c) He believed that love could only exist between a man and a woman.
(d) He believed that love between two men was an abomination, but love between two women was acceptable.

4. What did the author suggest that a middle class man always do in a conversation with a middle class woman?
(a) Amaze her.
(b) Lead her.
(c) Flatter her.
(d) Amuse her.

5. What is the meaning of the word from which "love" is derived?
(a) Of great purity.
(b) To seize.
(c) A gift.
(d) To capture.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the author, how does love feel about homosexuality?

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

3. When a middle class man approaches a very wise noblewoman, how must he behave?

4. How did the author explain the effects of excess passion on love?

5. 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?

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