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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 explain the effects of love on the uncouth man?
(a) He will never truly be loved.
(b) He cannot love in return.
(c) He can be seen as handsome by someone who loves him.
(d) He truly becomes handsome when he is loved.

2. Before love becomes balanced on both sides, what did the author say happens to two people in love?
(a) No suffering is greater than theirs.
(b) Their feelings change from lust to a sacred love.
(c) They experience the greatest anticipation of their lives.
(d) No passion is purer than theirs.

3. According to the author, upon what do lovers focus their attention?
(a) Having physical contact with those they love.
(b) Catching a glimpse of those they love.
(c) Speaking words of love to those they love.
(d) Bringing about the enjoyment of those they love.

4. How did the author explain the issue of nature and homosexuality?
(a) Nature forbids homosexuality.
(b) Nature makes homosexuality impossible.
(c) Nature makes homosexuality innate for all, and heterosexuality is a choice.
(d) Nature makes homosexuality innate for some.

5. How would the woman of higher nobility react to the middle class man after he informed her of his good qualities?
(a) She would be flattered.
(b) She would insist on proof.
(c) She would degrade them.
(d) She would admire his tenacity.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. When a woman of high nobility accepted the romantic advances of a lower class man, she runs the risk of the public thinking that she did so only for what reason?

3. What did the author suggest that a middle class man always do in a conversation with a middle class woman?

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?

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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