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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. 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 give her a time limit or appear foolish.
(c) He was to insist that she decide immediately.
(d) He was to agree to wait.

2. What did the author describe as the result of focusing on the beauty of another?
(a) Lustful thoughts.
(b) Harmony.
(c) Pure passion.
(d) Innate suffering.

3. According to the author, about what do people in love think continually?
(a) Lustful thoughts.
(b) Fearful thoughts of rejection.
(c) Each other.
(d) Only happy things because love has colored their vision.

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

5. 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?
(a) He should correct her gently.
(b) He should embrace her.
(c) He should thank her.
(d) He should be wary of her.

Short Answer Questions

1. Among the author's twelve rules for acquiring love, what did he have to say about how to deal with a current love affair?

2. Of the five ways to acquire love, what should wise lovers look for to attain a lasting love?

3. 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?

4. Recalling the thing the author suggested a middle class man always do in a conversation with a middle class woman, when did he suggest that it be done in the course of a conversation?

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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