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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. Throughout the conversation, the woman spoke repeatedly about the costs of love. Of what did the man speak repeatedly?
(a) Love's benefits.
(b) Love's risks.
(c) Love's deception.
(d) Love's attraction.

2. What did the nobleman wonder about loving two women at the same time?
(a) If God would approve.
(b) If it would tarnish his nobility.
(c) If it doomed the chance to have a future with either woman.
(d) If it could be done in the courtly fashion.

3. When the higher nobleman spoke to the woman of simple nobility, what was he advised to avoid doing in conversation with her?
(a) Insulting her intelligence.
(b) Belittling her nobility.
(c) Boasting about his nobility.
(d) Praising her too much.

4. Why did the author say that these women who are hard to love cannot love a single man?
(a) They cannot love in a real way.
(b) Their hearts are too full of greed.
(c) They love only to satisfy lust.
(d) They seek only wealth and status.

5. The word "love" is derived from what word?
(a) Steal.
(b) Hook.
(c) Give.
(d) Amor.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the author's reviews of decisions in love cases, what was the difference between the two men in the third case?

2. How did the author explain the issue of nature and homosexuality?

3. What is it that the author told Walter is hard to love?

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

5. How would a member of the most noble class have known which dialogue in the book to consult for advice on love?

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