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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, Chapters 7-12.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. During a conversation between a nobleman and a noblewoman, what was she to give permission for him to do?
(a) Touch her hand.
(b) Speak to her about love.
(c) Look her in the face.
(d) Sit beside her.

2. Who was Walter?
(a) The author's real name.
(b) A nobleman who never knew true love.
(c) A blind man who could not love because he could not see.
(d) A good friend of the author.

3. How might a middle class woman respond to the advances of a nobleman?
(a) She might have been flattered but be suspicious of his actions and intentions.
(b) She might have asked if a woman of good character and humble birth is better than poor character and high birth.
(c) She might have embarrassed herself by acting too flirty and forward.
(d) She might have been insulted and informed him that she intended to marry in her own social class and he should do the same.

4. Despite her social rank, how might a middle class man perceive a noblewoman to be?
(a) Childish.
(b) Unsophisticated.
(c) Bad-mannered.
(d) Boring.

5. What did the author warn Walter not to be fooled by when looking for love?
(a) Riches and promiscuity.
(b) Beauty or excellent talk.
(c) Someone with excess passion.
(d) Age, either too young or too old.

Short Answer Questions

1. When the man of higher nobility spoke to a woman of higher nobility, what did the man insist was a great good?

2. If a middle class woman asked for the chance to think over the romantic advances of a nobleman, how was the nobleman to respond?

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?

4. Because a man will see his ideal woman, lust after her and make plans to woo her, how did the author explain love's origins?

5. When a man of higher nobility spoke to a woman of higher nobility, why did the woman say she was reluctant to fall in love?

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