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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. When a higher nobleman spoke to a middle class woman, how was he advised to begin the conversation?
(a) By telling her immediately that he is interested in her.
(b) By complimenting her intelligence.
(c) With flattery.
(d) By giving her a gift.

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

3. According to the author in the Preface, what was his reason for writing the book?
(a) Showing the world the error of its ways.
(b) Helping a friend in love.
(c) Following orders from superiors.
(d) Following his own dream to share his knowledge.

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 convince her to follow her heart, not her mind.
(b) He was to insist that she decide immediately.
(c) He was to give her a time limit or appear foolish.
(d) He was to agree to wait.

5. According to the author, what does love cause a person to seek above all other things?
(a) The chance to speak with the one he loves.
(b) The embrace of the one he loves.
(c) The thought of the one he loves.
(d) A glimpse of the one he loves.

Short Answer Questions

1. During a conversation between a nobleman and a noblewoman, what was she to give permission for him to do?

2. According to the author, upon what do lovers focus their attention?

3. When a middle class man approaches a very wise noblewoman, how must he behave?

4. When a middle class man suggests a relationship with a middle class woman and she resists him, how is the man to respond?

5. Of the five ways to acquire love, which is the only one worthy of love?

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