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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, Chapters 7-12.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The nobleman explained to the noblewoman he pursued that the real danger she should fear lay in what?
(a) Being trapped in love with another.
(b) Not following her heart.
(c) Tarnishing her reputation.
(d) Missing the chance to know true love with him.

2. The author encouraged Walter to find a woman who would love him regardless of what?
(a) His money.
(b) His inability to return love.
(c) His faith in God.
(d) His nobility.

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

4. 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 give her a time limit or appear foolish.
(b) He was to agree to wait.
(c) He was to convince her to follow her heart, not her mind.
(d) He was to insist that she decide immediately.

5. Which way of acquiring love does so with little effort?
(a) Riches.
(b) Beauty.
(c) Good character.
(d) Ready speech.

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. What fear about endangering herself would a noblewoman have shared with a nobleman who was pursuing her romantically?

3. Of what other danger did the nobleman warn the noblewoman?

4. How did the author explain the effects of excess passion on love?

5. How did the noblewoman imagine the two women might feel about being loved at the same time by a man?

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