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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book Two, How Love May Be Retained, Chapters 1-8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Of what other danger did the nobleman warn the noblewoman?
(a) Losing her nobility.
(b) Never having children.
(c) Never loving at all.
(d) Choosing the wrong man.

2. According to the author, how does love feel about homosexuality?
(a) Love embraces it.
(b) Love is replaced by lust in homosexuality.
(c) Love withers in homosexuality.
(d) Love is ashamed to accept it.

3. What did the author think greedy women should do?
(a) Find a man equally as greedy to love.
(b) Join a brothel.
(c) Seek the love of a poor man.
(d) Repent.

4. Under what condition may a man indulge in the "solace of the flesh" and still retain love?
(a) As long as both have professed love to the other.
(b) As long as they have made a commitment to eachother, such as engagement.
(c) As long as they are married.
(d) As long as it is not wearisome to the woman.

5. What did the author note that women can achieve through marriage, but men cannot?
(a) Protection from harm.
(b) Wealth.
(c) Nobility.
(d) Good character.

Short Answer Questions

1. When the author wrote about how to behave when one fell in love with a peasant, what is it believed that he was suggesting?

2. How did the author explain the concept of teaching the theory of love to a social class likened to horses and mules?

3. Should a middle class man approach a very wise noblewoman, what is the risk he takes in conducting himself poorly?

4. Despite her social rank, how might a middle class man perceive a noblewoman to be?

5. How did the author explain the connection between love and greed?

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