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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. Why did the woman of higher nobility reprove the nobleman who was a member of the clergy?
(a) He should be satisfied with things of God.
(b) He should be shamed for pursuing her.
(c) She would be a mockery if she entered into a relationship with him.
(d) She would never feel worthy of his love.

2. When a nobleman approached a noblewoman, how was he to begin a conversation?
(a) With flattery.
(b) With a request for her advice.
(c) With a gift.
(d) With humor.

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) Embarrassing her.
(c) Insisting that his rank was more prestigious than hers.
(d) Praising her excessively.

4. A member of the most noble class was called what?
(a) Clerk.
(b) Master.
(c) Regency.
(d) Highness.

5. During a conversation between a nobleman and a noblewoman, what was she to give permission for him to do?
(a) Look her in the face.
(b) Sit beside her.
(c) Speak to her about love.
(d) Touch her hand.

Short Answer Questions

1. How might a man of the middle class convince a woman of nobility that they should enter into a romantic relationship?

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

3. 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?

4. According to the author in the Preface, what was his reason for writing the book?

5. Among the author's twelve rules for acquiring love, what did he have to say about private versus public relationships?

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