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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. What did the author warn Walter not to be fooled by when looking for love?
(a) Someone with excess passion.
(b) Age, either too young or too old.
(c) Beauty or excellent talk.
(d) Riches and promiscuity.

2. Who was Walter?
(a) A nobleman who never knew true love.
(b) A blind man who could not love because he could not see.
(c) A good friend of the author.
(d) The author's real name.

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

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

5. When the higher nobleman spoke to the woman of simple nobility, what was he advised to avoid doing in conversation with her?
(a) Belittling her nobility.
(b) Insulting her intelligence.
(c) Praising her too much.
(d) Boasting about his nobility.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did the author explain the issue of nature and homosexuality?

2. When a nobleman sat next to a middle class woman without permission, what message does he send?

3. According to the author, about what do people in love think continually?

4. In the first dialogue, how did the conversation between the middle class man and the middle class woman begin?

5. How might a man of the middle class convince a woman of nobility that they should enter into a romantic relationship?

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