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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, Preface, Chapters 1-5.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did the author describe the effects of age on love?
(a) Only the mature can truly enjoy love.
(b) Only the youthful can truly enjoy love.
(c) Love knows no age.
(d) Some are too old and some are too young for love.

2. The word "love" is derived from what word?
(a) Give.
(b) Hook.
(c) Steal.
(d) Amor.

3. Before love becomes balanced on both sides, what did the author say happens to two people in love?
(a) They experience the greatest anticipation of their lives.
(b) No suffering is greater than theirs.
(c) Their feelings change from lust to a sacred love.
(d) No passion is purer than theirs.

4. What is the meaning of the word from which "love" is derived?
(a) To seize.
(b) Of great purity.
(c) A gift.
(d) To capture.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the author, upon what do lovers focus their attention?

2. According to the author, what does love cause a person to seek above all other things?

3. Who was Walter?

4. How did the author explain the link between love, perception and social class?

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

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