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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. What fear about endangering herself would a noblewoman have shared with a nobleman who was pursuing her romantically?
(a) Giving into the power of the goddess of love.
(b) Becoming careless and silly because of love.
(c) Belittling her nobility.
(d) Tarnishing her reputation.

2. How would the woman of higher nobility react to the middle class man after he informed her of his good qualities?
(a) She would admire his tenacity.
(b) She would degrade them.
(c) She would be flattered.
(d) She would insist on proof.

3. Among the author's twelve rules for acquiring love, what did he have to say about avarice, or love of wealth?
(a) Accept it.
(b) Seek it out.
(c) Cherish it.
(d) Avoid it.

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

5. In wooing a woman of higher social ranking, how might the middle class man best win her attention?
(a) He should avoid the issue of social class and focus only on flattering her with praise.
(b) He should tell her that love transcends social class.
(c) He should pretend to be of a higher class until she gets to know him.
(d) He should acknowledge that he is undeserving of her and beg for her favor.

Short Answer Questions

1. If a middle class woman asked for the chance to think over the romantic advances of a nobleman, how was the nobleman to respond?

2. Among the author's twelve rules for acquiring love, what did he have to say about how to deal with a current love affair?

3. How might a middle class woman respond to the advances of a nobleman?

4. Which way of acquiring love does so with little effort?

5. Among the author's twelve rules for acquiring love, what did he have to say about private versus public relationships?

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