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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. Which of the two lovers, if any, did the higher noblewoman think a man should give up?
(a) Both.
(b) Neither.
(c) The second.
(d) The first.

2. What fear about endangering herself would a noblewoman have shared with a nobleman who was pursuing her romantically?
(a) Becoming careless and silly because of love.
(b) Giving into the power of the goddess of love.
(c) Tarnishing her reputation.
(d) Belittling her nobility.

3. What reason did the author give for describing love as "terrible?"
(a) It causes dishonesty and jealousy.
(b) It causes men to fall in love with women who do not return their love.
(c) It causes women to forsake their reputations.
(d) It causes men to lose their wealth and honor.

4. What did the author describe as the result of focusing on the beauty of another?
(a) Pure passion.
(b) Innate suffering.
(c) Lustful thoughts.
(d) Harmony.

5. According to the author, what does love cause a person to seek above all other things?
(a) The thought of the one he loves.
(b) The chance to speak with the one he loves.
(c) A glimpse of the one he loves.
(d) The embrace of the one he loves.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the four-stage theory of appropriate development of love, what is the second stage?

2. A member of the most noble class was called what?

3. In what way did the author explain that a certain class was akin to horses and mules?

4. In the author's reviews of decisions in love cases, what was the difference between the two men in the third case?

5. Why did the author encourage Walter to not fool with love?

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