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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 woman of high nobility accepted the romantic advances of a lower class man, she runs the risk of the public thinking that she did so only for what reason?
(a) Weakness.
(b) Cruelty.
(c) Passion.
(d) Adventure.

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

3. 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.

4. What did the author suggest that a middle class man always do in a conversation with a middle class woman?
(a) Flatter her.
(b) Amaze her.
(c) Lead her.
(d) Amuse her.

5. How would the woman of higher nobility react to the middle class man after he informed her of his good qualities?
(a) She would admire his tenacity.
(b) She would be flattered.
(c) She would insist on proof.
(d) She would degrade them.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. When the noblewoman expressed her fear about endangering herself, how would the nobleman be expected to respond?

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

5. If a nobleman effectively offered the correct praise to a noblewoman, what might she have permitted him to do daily?

(see the answer key)

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