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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. In the four-stage theory of appropriate development of love, what is the third stage?
(a) Hope.
(b) Whole person.
(c) Embrace.
(d) Kiss.

2. In the first dialogue, how did the conversation between the middle class man and the middle class woman begin?
(a) The man greeted the woman normally, but only because she was with another female.
(b) The woman initiated the greeting but allowed the man to make conversation.
(c) The man waited for permission to approach the woman, greeting her with reverence and made conversation.
(d) The man greeted the woman normally and the woman made conversation naturally.

3. According to the author, upon what do lovers focus their attention?
(a) Catching a glimpse of those they love.
(b) Speaking words of love to those they love.
(c) Having physical contact with those they love.
(d) Bringing about the enjoyment of those they love.

4. How did the author explain the effects of excess passion on love?
(a) Some men are too passionate to ever truly be loved.
(b) Some men are so enslaved to desire that love cannot bind them.
(c) Excess passion causes men to fall in love too easily.
(d) Excess passion causes men to only feel lust and never feel love.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. To what was a member of the most noble class to devote himself?

2. According to the author, how does love feel about homosexuality?

3. If a nobleman effectively offered the correct praise to a noblewoman, what might she have permitted him to do daily?

4. During a conversation between a nobleman and a noblewoman, what was she to give permission for him to do?

5. The word "love" is derived from what word?

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