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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. What did the author write that all involved in courtly love should avoid?
(a) Too much flattery.
(b) Too much desire.
(c) Embarrassing the other.
(d) Bad appearances.

2. When the man of higher nobility spoke to a woman of higher nobility, what concerns about the nature of love did the woman express?
(a) Worries about love not being returned.
(b) Fears about the costs and torment of love.
(c) Worries about men being unfaithful.
(d) Fears of loving and losing.

3. How did the author explain the issue of nature and homosexuality?
(a) Nature makes homosexuality innate for all, and heterosexuality is a choice.
(b) Nature makes homosexuality impossible.
(c) Nature makes homosexuality innate for some.
(d) Nature forbids homosexuality.

4. In the first dialogue, how did the conversation between the middle class man and the middle class woman begin?
(a) The man greeted the woman normally and the woman made conversation naturally.
(b) The woman initiated the greeting but allowed the man to make conversation.
(c) The man waited for permission to approach the woman, greeting her with reverence and made conversation.
(d) The man greeted the woman normally, but only because she was with another female.

5. When the middle class man successfully performed what the author suggested he should do in every conversation with a middle class woman, how did the woman respond?
(a) With slight annoyance.
(b) With giggles and sometimes blushing.
(c) With some resistance.
(d) With no resistance.

Short Answer Questions

1. When a higher nobleman spoke to a middle class woman, how was he advised to begin the conversation?

2. According to the author, what can money not buy?

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

4. Who was Walter?

5. How did the author explain the concept of teaching the theory of love to a social class likened to horses and mules?

(see the answer key)

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