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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. Recalling the thing the author suggested a middle class man always do in a conversation with a middle class woman, when did he suggest that it be done in the course of a conversation?
(a) At the end of the conversation.
(b) Before the conversation really begins.
(c) Early in the conversation.
(d) In the middle of the conversation.

2. Of what other danger did the nobleman warn the noblewoman?
(a) Never having children.
(b) Losing her nobility.
(c) Never loving at all.
(d) Choosing the wrong man.

3. In the four-stage theory of appropriate development of love, to what age group does a woman's ideal man belong?
(a) Middle-aged.
(b) Her own age group.
(c) At least twice her age.
(d) Young.

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

5. Who was Walter?
(a) The author's real name.
(b) A blind man who could not love because he could not see.
(c) A nobleman who never knew true love.
(d) A good friend of the author.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did the author explain the link between love, perception and social class?

2. Of the five ways to acquire love, what should wise lovers look for to attain a lasting love?

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

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

5. How would a noblewoman respond to compliments from a nobleman?

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