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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, Chapter 6, Dialogues 1-3.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Of the five ways to acquire love, what should wise lovers look for to attain a lasting love?
(a) Good character.
(b) Ready speech.
(c) Beauty.
(d) Riches.
2. When a middle class man approaches a very wise noblewoman, how must he behave?
(a) He should commend her for her brains as well as her beauty.
(b) He must not overly praise her.
(c) He should ignore her intelligence and focus on her beauty.
(d) He must prove that he is as smart, or smarter, than she.
3. According to the author, upon what do lovers focus their attention?
(a) Speaking words of love to those they love.
(b) Having physical contact with those they love.
(c) Catching a glimpse of those they love.
(d) Bringing about the enjoyment of those they love.
4. What did the author suggest that a middle class man always do in a conversation with a middle class woman?
(a) Lead her.
(b) Amaze her.
(c) Amuse her.
(d) Flatter her.
5. 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) Blind people fall in love too often because they cannot determine true beauty.
(d) The blind cannot see anything on which the mind can become obsessed.
Short Answer Questions
1. In the first dialogue, how did the conversation between the middle class man and the middle class woman begin?
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. Despite her social rank, how might a middle class man perceive a noblewoman to be?
4. Who was Walter?
5. How might a man of the middle class convince a woman of nobility that they should enter into a romantic relationship?
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