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

2. Of the author's five ways in which love can be acquired, which three produce the most worthy forms of love?
(a) Ready speech, riches and good character.
(b) Riches, beauty and good character.
(c) Beauty, good character and ready speech.
(d) Beauty, kindness and generosity toward expressed needs.

3. Should a middle class man approach a very wise noblewoman, what is the risk he takes in conducting himself poorly?
(a) Appearing foolish.
(b) Being offensive.
(c) Embarrassing himself.
(d) Boring her.

4. 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 acknowledge that he is undeserving of her and beg for her favor.
(c) He should tell her that love transcends social class.
(d) He should avoid the issue of social class and focus only on flattering her with praise.

5. Before love becomes balanced on both sides, what did the author say happens to two people in love?
(a) No passion is purer than theirs.
(b) They experience the greatest anticipation of their lives.
(c) Their feelings change from lust to a sacred love.
(d) No suffering is greater than theirs.

Short Answer Questions

1. For what reason would a nobleman claim that he would be willing to marry below his class?

2. When a nobleman approached a noblewoman and began a conversation appropriately, what was the nobleman to tell the noblewoman it was difficult to restrain himself from doing?

3. When the middle class man successfully performed what the author suggested he should do in every conversation with a middle class woman, how did the woman respond?

4. How did the author explain the connection between blindness and love?

5. When the higher nobleman spoke to the woman of simple nobility, what was he advised to avoid doing in conversation with her?

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