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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. When the middle class man approached the woman of higher nobility and she told him finally that he had no reason to hope, how was he to respond?
(a) Tell her that lack of hope does not kill love.
(b) Take it as his cue to end the pursuit.
(c) Emphasize that he was willing to hope beyond reason.
(d) Ask her what he might change about himself to win her over.

2. How did the noblewoman imagine the two women might feel about being loved at the same time by a man?
(a) They might be infuriated.
(b) They might feel betrayed.
(c) They might be jealous and hurt.
(d) They might excuse it.

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?
(a) With slight annoyance.
(b) With no resistance.
(c) With giggles and sometimes blushing.
(d) With some resistance.

4. When the man of higher nobility spoke to a woman of higher nobility, what concerns about the nature of love did the woman express?
(a) Fears of loving and losing.
(b) Fears about the costs and torment of love.
(c) Worries about love not being returned.
(d) Worries about men being unfaithful.

5. When the man of higher nobility spoke to a woman of higher nobility, what did the woman encourage the man to seek?
(a) Something higher than love between a man and a woman.
(b) Acceptance of himself before he looks for love.
(c) The approval of men before the approval of women.
(d) The love of a woman of a lower class.

Short Answer Questions

1. Of the author's five ways in which love can be acquired, which three produce the most worthy forms of love?

2. What did the nobleman wonder about loving two women at the same time?

3. What did the author warn Walter not to be fooled by when looking for love?

4. When the higher nobleman spoke to the woman of simple nobility, what was he advised to avoid doing in conversation with her?

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

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