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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book Two, How Love May Be Retained, Chapters 1-8.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What happens when love starts to decline?
(a) It can end quickly.
(b) Blasphemy against God increases.
(c) Feelings of jealousy increase.
(d) It dies a slow death.

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

4. In the dialogue between the nobleman and the noblewoman, how was the nobleman advised to respond when the noblewoman admitted that enjoying love was great and rejecting it was harmful, and though she was afraid of love's burdens, she had an interest in it?
(a) He should thank her.
(b) He should correct her gently.
(c) He should be wary of her.
(d) He should embrace her.

5. Among the author's twelve rules for acquiring love, what did he have to say about how to deal with a current love affair?
(a) Break one up by acting quickly to lessen the sting.
(b) Never break one up knowingly.
(c) Meddling in a current affair should only be done once in a man's life.
(d) Break one up only by speaking with kindness to both parties.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the author, about what do people in love think continually?

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

3. When the middle class man approached the woman of higher nobility and she told him finally that he had no reason to hope, how was he to respond?

4. What advice about making a love known to the public did the author provide to men?

5. Despite her social rank, how might a middle class man perceive a noblewoman to be?

(see the answer key)

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