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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, Dialogues 1-3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did the author approach the topic of homosexuality?
(a) He believed that love between two men was an abomination, but love between two women 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 women was an abomination, but love between two men was acceptable

2. In the first dialogue, how did the conversation between the middle class man and the middle class woman begin?
(a) The man greeted the woman normally, but only because she was with another female.
(b) The man greeted the woman normally and the woman made conversation naturally.
(c) The man waited for permission to approach the woman, greeting her with reverence and made conversation.
(d) The woman initiated the greeting but allowed the man to make conversation.

3. Despite her social rank, how might a middle class man perceive a noblewoman to be?
(a) Boring.
(b) Childish.
(c) Bad-mannered.
(d) Unsophisticated.

4. In the four-stage theory of appropriate development of love, to what age group does a woman's ideal man belong?
(a) Her own age group.
(b) Middle-aged.
(c) At least twice her age.
(d) Young.

5. Who was Walter?
(a) A good friend of the author.
(b) The author's real name.
(c) A nobleman who never knew true love.
(d) A blind man who could not love because he could not see.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what stage of the four-stage theory of appropriate development of love should a woman try to find a lover?

2. How did the author explain the link between love, perception and social class?

3. In the four-stage theory of appropriate development of love, what is the first stage?

4. According to the author, upon what do lovers focus their attention?

5. If a middle class woman were to resist a middle class man because he is younger than she, how must the man respond?

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