This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book One, Introduction to the Treatise on Love, Chapter 6, Dialogues 1-3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to the author, about what do people in love think continually?
(a) Fearful thoughts of rejection.
(b) Only happy things because love has colored their vision.
(c) Lustful thoughts.
(d) Each other.

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 can be seen as handsome by someone who loves him.
(d) He cannot love in return.

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

4. What did the author note that women can achieve through marriage, but men cannot?
(a) Good character.
(b) Protection from harm.
(c) Wealth.
(d) Nobility.

5. In the first dialogue, how did the conversation between the middle class man and the middle class woman begin?
(a) The man greeted the woman normally and the woman made conversation naturally.
(b) The woman initiated the greeting but allowed the man to make conversation.
(c) The man waited for permission to approach the woman, greeting her with reverence and made conversation.
(d) The man greeted the woman normally, but only because she was with another female.