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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book One, Introduction to the Treatise on Love, Chapter 6, Dialogue 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When the man of higher nobility spoke to a woman of higher nobility, what concerns about the nature of love did the woman express?
(a) Worries about men being unfaithful.
(b) Fears of loving and losing.
(c) Fears about the costs and torment of love.
(d) Worries about love not being returned.

2. How did the author explain the connection between blindness and love?
(a) The eyes of the soul see all that needs to be seen.
(b) Blind people fall in love too often because they cannot determine true beauty.
(c) The blind cannot see anything on which the mind can become obsessed.
(d) Blind people love better than those with sight because they use all of their senses.

3. In the conversation between the higher nobleman and the higher noblewoman, while she remained deeply skeptical and expressed a lack of interest, what did the man do?
(a) He sought the love of another woman.
(b) He became more intense.
(c) He mirrored her emotions.
(d) He reminded her of his social ranking.

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

5. How did the higher noblewoman respond to the the nobleman's question about loving two women at the same time?
(a) The lover must seek God's guidance.
(b) The lover must keep chaste for the beloved.
(c) The lover must choose one or risk losing both.
(d) The lover must release both women and remain chaste.

Short Answer Questions

1. When a middle class man approaches a very wise noblewoman, how must he behave?

2. Among the author's twelve rules for acquiring love, what did he have to say about private versus public relationships?

3. According to the author, what is the only way that a lover can accept something of value from the beloved?

4. When a man and a woman, both of higher nobility interacted, how did the author advise the man to speak to the woman?

5. Who was Walter?

(see the answer key)

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