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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. According to the author, women do not love to please men, but to do what?
(a) Gain God's favor.
(b) Feel validated.
(c) Get rich.
(d) Be loved themselves.

2. What did the author suggest that a middle class man always do in a conversation with a middle class woman?
(a) Amaze her.
(b) Lead her.
(c) Amuse her.
(d) Flatter her.

3. How would a noblewoman respond to compliments from a nobleman?
(a) She would rebuff him.
(b) She would be appreciative.
(c) She would be embarrassed but flattered.
(d) She would feel offended.

4. 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.

5. What did the author identify as a sure way to decrease love?
(a) Expressing anger.
(b) Being together too much.
(c) Developing feelings of jealousy.
(d) Seeing each other too rarely.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does love do to wisdom?

2. The word "love" is derived from what word?

3. How might a middle class woman respond to the advances of a nobleman?

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?

5. What future awaits a woman who stays with a cheating man?

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