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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book One, Introduction to the Treatise on Love, Preface, Chapters 1-5.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did the author explain the effects of love on the uncouth man?
(a) He can be seen as handsome by someone who loves him.
(b) He cannot love in return.
(c) He truly becomes handsome when he is loved.
(d) He will never truly be loved.

2. What is the meaning of the word from which "love" is derived?
(a) To capture.
(b) To seize.
(c) A gift.
(d) Of great purity.

3. How did the author explain the effects of excess passion on love?
(a) Excess passion causes men to only feel lust and never feel love.
(b) Some men are too passionate to ever truly be loved.
(c) Some men are so enslaved to desire that love cannot bind them.
(d) Excess passion causes men to fall in love too easily.

4. How did the author explain the connection between love and greed?
(a) Love is destroyed by greed.
(b) Love eliminates greed.
(c) Love cannot be degraded by greed.
(d) Love is essentially a form of greed.

5. According to the author in the Preface, what was his reason for writing the book?
(a) Following his own dream to share his knowledge.
(b) Showing the world the error of its ways.
(c) Helping a friend in love.
(d) Following orders from superiors.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the author, what is the only way that a lover can accept something of value from the beloved?

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

3. The word "love" is derived from what word?

4. Because a man will see his ideal woman, lust after her and make plans to woo her, how did the author explain love's origins?

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

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