View a FREE sample

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

2. When a middle class man suggests a relationship with a middle class woman and she resists him, how is the man to respond?
(a) He must thank her for her time and end the conversation.
(b) He must take it as a cue to take the upper hand and deal with her firmly.
(c) He must rebuff her again and again.
(d) He must ask her what he must do to win her heart.

3. What did the author consider greedy women to be?
(a) Charity cases.
(b) God's problems.
(c) Deadly enemies.
(d) Worthy challenges.

4. Why were members of the most noble rank advised to consult the dialogues in the book?
(a) They were sinful.
(b) They were important but lived in poverty.
(c) They were uneducated.
(d) They were weak to carnal sin.

5. How did the noblewoman imagine the two women might feel about being loved at the same time by a man?
(a) They might feel betrayed.
(b) They might excuse it.
(c) They might be jealous and hurt.
(d) They might be infuriated.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the author, how does love feel about homosexuality?

2. What reason did the author give for describing love as "terrible?"

3. What was a member of the most noble class bound to renounce?

4. Before love becomes balanced on both sides, what did the author say happens to two people in love?

5. In the four-stage theory of appropriate development of love, what is the third stage?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 365 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample