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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. According to the author, upon what do lovers focus their attention?
(a) Speaking words of love to those they love.
(b) Bringing about the enjoyment of those they love.
(c) Having physical contact with those they love.
(d) Catching a glimpse of those they love.

2. How did the author explain the issue of nature and homosexuality?
(a) Nature makes homosexuality impossible.
(b) Nature makes homosexuality innate for all, and heterosexuality is a choice.
(c) Nature makes homosexuality innate for some.
(d) Nature forbids homosexuality.

3. How did the author explain the link between love, perception and social class?
(a) Love makes lovers feel like royalty.
(b) Love makes peasants of all who love.
(c) Love is impossible for nobility to obtain.
(d) Love can make anyone a nobleman.

4. How did the author explain the connection between blindness and love?
(a) Blind people love better than those with sight because they use all of their senses.
(b) The eyes of the soul see all that needs to be seen.
(c) The blind cannot see anything on which the mind can become obsessed.
(d) Blind people fall in love too often because they cannot determine true beauty.

5. What did the author describe as the result of focusing on the beauty of another?
(a) Harmony.
(b) Pure passion.
(c) Innate suffering.
(d) Lustful thoughts.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. 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?

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

4. According to the author, what does love cause a person to seek above all other things?

5. How did the author explain the effects of excess passion on love?

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