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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. Among the author's twelve rules for acquiring love, what did he have to say about avarice, or love of wealth?
(a) Seek it out.
(b) Cherish it.
(c) Avoid it.
(d) Accept it.

2. How did the higher noblewoman respond to the the nobleman's question about loving two women at the same time?
(a) The lover must keep chaste for the beloved.
(b) The lover must seek God's guidance.
(c) The lover must choose one or risk losing both.
(d) The lover must release both women and remain chaste.

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 withers in homosexuality.
(d) Love is ashamed to accept it.

4. When the author wrote about how to behave when one fell in love with a peasant, what is it believed that he was suggesting?
(a) Carnal passion.
(b) Lust.
(c) Rape.
(d) Counterfeit love.

5. How might a middle class woman respond to the advances of a nobleman?
(a) She might have embarrassed herself by acting too flirty and forward.
(b) She might have been flattered but be suspicious of his actions and intentions.
(c) She might have been insulted and informed him that she intended to marry in her own social class and he should do the same.
(d) She might have asked if a woman of good character and humble birth is better than poor character and high birth.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

4. What did the author warn Walter not to be fooled by when looking for love?

5. When a man and a woman, both of higher nobility interacted, how did the author advise the man to speak to the woman?

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