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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 4-7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did the author approach the topic of homosexuality?
(a) He believed that love could only exist between a man and a woman.
(b) He believed that love between two men was an abomination, but love between two women was acceptable.
(c) He believed that love between two women was an abomination, but love between two men was acceptable
(d) He believed that love has no boundaries, but religion can interfere with true love.

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

3. When a nobleman approached a noblewoman and began a conversation appropriately, what was the nobleman to tell the noblewoman it was difficult to restrain himself from doing?
(a) Embracing her.
(b) Kissing her.
(c) Showering her with gifts.
(d) Praising her excessively.

4. Of the five ways to acquire love, what should wise lovers look for to attain a lasting love?
(a) Riches.
(b) Ready speech.
(c) Good character.
(d) Beauty.

5. According to the author, what is the only way that a lover can accept something of value from the beloved?
(a) If it is given freely.
(b) Only if it caused the giver great joy.
(c) If it was painful for the giver to give.
(d) If the giver is in love, as well.

Short Answer Questions

1. For a nobleman whose advances are being rebuffed by a middle class woman, what must he argue to her?

2. After the middle class woman's initial reaction in the conversation, how did the author instruct the middle class man to respond?

3. 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?

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

5. When a middle class man initiates a conversation with a woman of higher nobility, how was he advised to handle the issue of his own lower social standing?

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