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

2. In the four-stage theory of appropriate development of love, what is the fourth stage?
(a) Embrace.
(b) Whole person.
(c) Kiss.
(d) Hope.

3. 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) With flattery.
(c) By complimenting her intelligence.
(d) By giving her a gift.

4. How might a middle class woman respond to the advances of a nobleman?
(a) She might have been flattered but be suspicious of his actions and intentions.
(b) She might have embarrassed herself by acting too flirty and forward.
(c) She might have asked if a woman of good character and humble birth is better than poor character and high birth.
(d) She might have been insulted and informed him that she intended to marry in her own social class and he should do the same.

5. When the middle class man approached the woman of higher nobility and she told him finally that he had no reason to hope, how was he to respond?
(a) Emphasize that he was willing to hope beyond reason.
(b) Tell her that lack of hope does not kill love.
(c) Ask her what he might change about himself to win her over.
(d) Take it as his cue to end the pursuit.

Short Answer Questions

1. When a middle class man initiates a conversation with a woman of higher nobility, how was he advised to handle the issue of his own lower social standing?

2. What did the author describe as the result of focusing on the beauty of another?

3. Before love becomes balanced on both sides, what did the author say happens to two people in love?

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

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

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