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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, Dialogues 1-3.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What did the author suggest that a middle class man always do in a conversation with a middle class woman?
(a) Flatter her.
(b) Amuse her.
(c) Lead her.
(d) Amaze her.
2. Which way of acquiring love does so with little effort?
(a) Beauty.
(b) Good character.
(c) Ready speech.
(d) Riches.
3. How did the author explain the issue of nature and homosexuality?
(a) Nature forbids homosexuality.
(b) Nature makes homosexuality innate for some.
(c) Nature makes homosexuality innate for all, and heterosexuality is a choice.
(d) Nature makes homosexuality impossible.
4. If a middle class woman were to resist a middle class man because he is younger than she, how must the man respond?
(a) He must argue that he will live and love long and thus will become worthy of her love some day.
(b) He must use his wealth or other attribute to win her over.
(c) He must remind her that beauty fades but it is good character than matters.
(d) He must accept her rebuke and appraoch her again when he is older.
5. According to the author, how does love feel about homosexuality?
(a) Love withers in homosexuality.
(b) Love is replaced by lust in homosexuality.
(c) Love embraces it.
(d) Love is ashamed to accept it.
Short Answer Questions
1. What did the author describe as the result of focusing on the beauty of another?
2. After the middle class woman's initial reaction in the conversation, how did the author instruct the middle class man to respond?
3. Of the five ways to acquire love, which is the only one worthy of love?
4. How might a man of the middle class convince a woman of nobility that they should enter into a romantic relationship?
5. Of the five ways to acquire love, what should wise lovers look for to attain a lasting love?
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