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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 38 through 74.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In "Catastrophe," what causes the lover's panic?
(a) The other's loss of memory.
(b) The potential for rejection.
(c) The inability to recover the self when the lover is absent.
(d) The lover's fear of intimacy.

2. How does the lover see the other once he has established the other's atopia?
(a) As unobtainable.
(b) As an imperfect lover.
(c) As the perfect lover.
(d) As needing his protection.

3. In "What is to be done?" which of the following describes the behavior of the amorous subject?
(a) Self-indulgent with little concern for others' feelings.
(b) Everything is over-interpreted and spontaneity becomes impossible.
(c) Needy.
(d) Awkwardly silent.

4. What failure does the author describe in the section entitled "Adorable?"
(a) The failure of love to live up to expectations.
(b) The failure of language employed by the lover to adequately describe the loved object.
(c) The failure of the loved object to respond to words like "adorable."
(d) The failure of the lover's desire when confronted which the actual adored object.

5. The term "atopos" is associated with which of the following figures?
(a) Socrates.
(b) Plato.
(c) Meno.
(d) Nietzsche.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is the lover cautious when the loved object complains of the lover's rival?

2. What are the disadvantages of the act of annulment?

3. Which of the following is a definition of the word "laetitia," as presented in the section by that name?

4. In this section, what does the lover hope to achieve by touching the other?

5. How does the person concealing his feelings wish to be perceived?

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