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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. Despite her social rank, how might a middle class man perceive a noblewoman to be?
(a) Boring.
(b) Unsophisticated.
(c) Childish.
(d) Bad-mannered.

2. What does blasphemy against God do to love?
(a) Decreases it.
(b) Destroys it.
(c) Curses it.
(d) Stalls it.

3. Why did the author encourage Walter to not fool with love?
(a) Love can be dangerous.
(b) He was not worthy of love.
(c) He was not ready for the burden.
(d) Love would be a waste of his time.

4. What might a middle class woman have said to a nobleman about his social ranking if he had pursued her romantically?
(a) That he might slightly improve his social ranking.
(b) That he might belittle his nobility.
(c) That he would greatly improve his social standing.
(d) That he would lose social ranking entirely.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How did the noblewoman imagine the two women might feel about being loved at the same time by a man?

2. What did the author note that women can achieve through marriage, but men cannot?

3. What did the author say that men could be deprived of due to love?

4. When a man of higher nobility spoke to a woman of higher nobility, what type of flattery did the man use with the woman?

5. What is the meaning of the word from which "love" is derived?

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