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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book Three, The Rejection of Love.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was reason that the author provided to explain why some wise men would avoid love and all of its requirements?
(a) Out of fear.
(b) To serve selfish ambition.
(c) Because lust overpowered love.
(d) To serve God directly.

2. Because a man will see his ideal woman, lust after her and make plans to woo her, how did the author explain love's origins?
(a) It develops only when a connection is there.
(b) It is a figment of the imagination.
(c) It is innate to humans.
(d) It come directly from God when the moment is right.

3. According to the author, upon what do lovers focus their attention?
(a) Bringing about the enjoyment of those they love.
(b) Catching a glimpse of those they love.
(c) Speaking words of love to those they love.
(d) Having physical contact with those they love.

4. A member of the most noble class was called what?
(a) Regency.
(b) Highness.
(c) Clerk.
(d) Master.

5. What was a member of the most noble class bound to renounce?
(a) Status and wealth.
(b) Delights of the earth.
(c) Love.
(d) God.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. Why were members of the most noble rank advised to consult the dialogues in the book?

3. When a nobleman approached a noblewoman and began a conversation appropriately, what was the nobleman to tell the noblewoman it was difficult to restrain himself from doing?

4. In the four-stage theory of appropriate development of love, to what age group does a woman's ideal man belong?

5. In wooing a woman of higher social ranking, how might the middle class man best win her attention?

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