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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 4-7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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?
(a) It is a figment of the imagination.
(b) It come directly from God when the moment is right.
(c) It is innate to humans.
(d) It develops only when a connection is there.

2. When a middle class man approaches a very wise noblewoman, how must he behave?
(a) He must not overly praise her.
(b) He should ignore her intelligence and focus on her beauty.
(c) He should commend her for her brains as well as her beauty.
(d) He must prove that he is as smart, or smarter, than she.

3. What might a middle class woman have said to a nobleman about his social ranking if he had pursued her romantically?
(a) That he might belittle his nobility.
(b) That he might slightly improve his social ranking.
(c) That he would lose social ranking entirely.
(d) That he would greatly improve his social standing.

4. If a middle class woman asked for the chance to think over the romantic advances of a nobleman, how was the nobleman to respond?
(a) He was to give her a time limit or appear foolish.
(b) He was to agree to wait.
(c) He was to insist that she decide immediately.
(d) He was to convince her to follow her heart, not her mind.

5. How would a noblewoman respond to compliments from a nobleman?
(a) She would feel offended.
(b) She would be appreciative.
(c) She would be embarrassed but flattered.
(d) She would rebuff him.

Short Answer Questions

1. When a middle class man initiates a conversation with a woman of higher nobility, how was he advised to handle the issue of his own lower social standing?

2. For what reason would a nobleman claim that he would be willing to marry below his class?

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

4. In the dialogue between the nobleman and the noblewoman, how was the nobleman advised to respond when the noblewoman admitted that enjoying love was great and rejecting it was harmful, and though she was afraid of love's burdens, she had an interest in it?

5. Despite her social rank, how might a middle class man perceive a noblewoman to be?

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