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

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

3. When a middle class man suggests a relationship with a middle class woman and she resists him, how is the man to respond?
(a) He must thank her for her time and end the conversation.
(b) He must rebuff her again and again.
(c) He must take it as a cue to take the upper hand and deal with her firmly.
(d) He must ask her what he must do to win her heart.

4. What did the author say greedy women do to men?
(a) Breed greed in their own hearts.
(b) Bleed them dry and leave them.
(c) Make them better men by breaking them down first.
(d) Turn them into shadows of themselves.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the author refer to as "the nurse of love"?

2. Before love becomes balanced on both sides, what did the author say happens to two people in love?

3. How did the author explain the connection between blindness and love?

4. What future awaits a woman who stays with a cheating man?

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

(see the answer key)

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