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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 explain as a negative effect of marriage?
(a) It puts an end to courtly love.
(b) It makes communication stop.
(c) It prevents people from loving each other.
(d) It causes people to become resentful.

2. When the higher noblewoman made an accusation about the man's interest in love, how did he respond?
(a) Denial.
(b) Frustration.
(c) Amusement.
(d) Anger.

3. Among the author's twelve rules for acquiring love, what did he have to say about private versus public relationships?
(a) Love affairs should be kept private.
(b) Private love affairs are considered adultery.
(c) Public love affairs are doomed for failure.
(d) Love affairs should be made public.

4. 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 begging for her attention and the chance to know her better.
(c) By pointing out how much more noble she is than he.
(d) By asking her if she found him agreeable.

5. How did the author describe the effects of age on love?
(a) Only the youthful can truly enjoy love.
(b) Only the mature can truly enjoy love.
(c) Love knows no age.
(d) Some are too old and some are too young for love.

Short Answer Questions

1. If a nobleman effectively offered the correct praise to a noblewoman, what might she have permitted him to do daily?

2. What did the author note that women can achieve through marriage, but men cannot?

3. When the higher nobleman spoke to the woman of simple nobility, what was he advised to avoid doing in conversation with her?

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

5. What accusation about the clergyman nobleman's interest in love did the higher noblewoman make?

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