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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 middle class man suggests a relationship with a middle class woman and she resists him, how is the man to respond?
(a) He must thank her for her time and end the conversation.
(b) He must rebuff her again and again.
(c) He must take it as a cue to take the upper hand and deal with her firmly.
(d) He must ask her what he must do to win her heart.

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

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

4. How did the author explain the effects of love on the uncouth man?
(a) He truly becomes handsome when he is loved.
(b) He will never truly be loved.
(c) He cannot love in return.
(d) He can be seen as handsome by someone who loves him.

5. Of the five ways to acquire love, which is the only one worthy of love?
(a) Riches.
(b) Generosity.
(c) Good character.
(d) Beauty.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the four-stage theory of appropriate development of love, what is the fourth stage?

2. Of what other danger did the nobleman warn the noblewoman?

3. 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?

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

5. In the four-stage theory of appropriate development of love, what is the third stage?

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