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

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

3. According to the author, what is the only way that a lover can accept something of value from the beloved?
(a) If the giver is in love, as well.
(b) Only if it caused the giver great joy.
(c) If it is given freely.
(d) If it was painful for the giver to give.

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

5. 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.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How did the author describe the effects of age on love?

3. What is the meaning of the word from which "love" is derived?

4. According to the author in the Preface, what was his reason for writing the book?

5. According to the author, upon what do lovers focus their attention?

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