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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 might a middle class woman have said to a nobleman about his social ranking if he had pursued her romantically?
(a) That he might slightly improve his social ranking.
(b) That he would lose social ranking entirely.
(c) That he would greatly improve his social standing.
(d) That he might belittle his nobility.

2. When a nobleman approached a noblewoman, how was he to begin a conversation?
(a) With a request for her advice.
(b) With flattery.
(c) With a gift.
(d) With humor.

3. According to the author, how does love feel about homosexuality?
(a) Love embraces it.
(b) Love is replaced by lust in homosexuality.
(c) Love is ashamed to accept it.
(d) Love withers in homosexuality.

4. If a middle class woman was being pursued by a nobleman, what might she say to rebuff his advances?
(a) That she was not worthy of his attention.
(b) That he should find a suitable woman from his own class.
(c) That she should wait for a middle class man of good character.
(d) That she suspected he was not good enough, even for her.

5. When the middle class man decided to suggest a relationship with the middle class woman, how did he proceed?
(a) By pointing out how much more noble she is than he.
(b) By informing her that she would be wise to engage in a relationship with him.
(c) By asking her if she found him agreeable.
(d) By begging for her attention and the chance to know her better.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the four-stage theory of appropriate development of love, what is the third stage?

2. Among the author's twelve rules for acquiring love, what did he have to say about private versus public relationships?

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

4. In the four-stage theory of appropriate development of love, what is the second stage?

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?

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