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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. In the four-stage theory of appropriate development of love, what is the third stage?
(a) Embrace.
(b) Whole person.
(c) Kiss.
(d) Hope.

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

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

4. In the four-stage theory of appropriate development of love, what is the second stage?
(a) Embrace.
(b) Kiss.
(c) Hope.
(d) Whole person.

5. Among the author's twelve rules for acquiring love, what did he have to say about private versus public relationships?
(a) Private love affairs are considered adultery.
(b) Love affairs should be kept private.
(c) Public love affairs are doomed for failure.
(d) Love affairs should be made public.

Short Answer Questions

1. If a nobleman effectively offered the correct praise to a noblewoman, what might she have permitted him to do daily?

2. When a higher nobleman spoke to a middle class woman, how was he advised to begin the conversation?

3. What might a middle class woman have said to a nobleman about his social ranking if he had pursued her romantically?

4. After the middle class woman's initial reaction in the conversation, how did the author instruct the middle class man to respond?

5. When a woman of high nobility accepted the romantic advances of a lower class man, she runs the risk of the public thinking that she did so only for what reason?

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