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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. If a middle class woman was being pursued by a nobleman, what might she say to rebuff his advances?
(a) That he should find a suitable woman from his own class.
(b) That she should wait for a middle class man of good character.
(c) That she suspected he was not good enough, even for her.
(d) That she was not worthy of his attention.

2. 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?
(a) He mirrored her emotions.
(b) He became more intense.
(c) He reminded her of his social ranking.
(d) He sought the love of another woman.

3. When the man of higher nobility spoke to a woman of higher nobility, what was the man advised to avoid?
(a) Saying anything that would ridicule himself in her eyes.
(b) Insisting that his rank was more prestigious than hers.
(c) Embarrassing her.
(d) Praising her excessively.

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?
(a) With no resistance.
(b) With giggles and sometimes blushing.
(c) With some resistance.
(d) With slight annoyance.

5. When the higher nobleman spoke to the woman of simple nobility, what was he advised to avoid doing in conversation with her?
(a) Belittling her nobility.
(b) Boasting about his nobility.
(c) Praising her too much.
(d) Insulting her intelligence.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did the author explain the effects of love on the uncouth man?

2. Among the author's twelve rules for acquiring love, what did he have to say about avarice, or love of wealth?

3. According to the author, what does love cause a person to seek above all other things?

4. The nobleman explained to the noblewoman he pursued that the real danger she should fear lay in what?

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

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