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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 higher noblewoman respond to the the nobleman's question about loving two women at the same time?
(a) The lover must release both women and remain chaste.
(b) The lover must choose one or risk losing both.
(c) The lover must keep chaste for the beloved.
(d) The lover must seek God's guidance.

2. Among the author's twelve rules for acquiring love, what did he have to say about avarice, or love of wealth?
(a) Avoid it.
(b) Cherish it.
(c) Seek it out.
(d) Accept it.

3. How did the author explain the connection between blindness and love?
(a) The blind cannot see anything on which the mind can become obsessed.
(b) Blind people fall in love too often because they cannot determine true beauty.
(c) The eyes of the soul see all that needs to be seen.
(d) Blind people love better than those with sight because they use all of their senses.

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

5. Of the five ways to acquire love, which is the only one worthy of love?
(a) Riches.
(b) Good character.
(c) Generosity.
(d) Beauty.

Short Answer Questions

1. When a higher nobleman spoke to a middle class woman, how was he advised to begin the conversation?

2. What future awaits a woman who stays with a cheating man?

3. What did the author say of the love of prostitutes?

4. In the four-stage theory of appropriate development of love, what is the first stage?

5. How would a member of the most noble class have known which dialogue in the book to consult for advice on love?

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