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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 129 through 182.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When does this desire affect the subject?
(a) When the subject is in a state of despair or fulfillment.
(b) When the subject is irritated.
(c) When the subject is bored.
(d) When the subject is in a state of raw panic.

2. According to the author, what is always involved in every discourse on love, whether philosophical, gnomic, lyric, or novelistic?
(a) Courage.
(b) A desire to please.
(c) Self-doubt.
(d) A person whom one addresses.

3. What does the author note about crying in the modern era?
(a) It is no longer acceptable for men to cry, especially in public.
(b) Crying does not tell more than words.
(c) Everyone cries too easily.
(d) It is seen as unhealthy to cry.

4. In "Events, Setbacks and Annoyances," which of the following describes the effect of "contingencies" on the amorous subject?
(a) The amorous subject's happiness is destroyed by random events.
(b) The amorous subject's happiness is increased by random events.
(c) The amorous subject is oblivious to random events.
(d) The amorous subject is ambivalent about random events.

5. In this section, "understand your madness" is a phrase uttered by which one of the following figures?
(a) Orpheus.
(b) Zeus.
(c) Apollo.
(d) Dionysus.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following topics describes the theme of "The Absent One/Absence?"

2. The section entitled "Catastrophe" refers to two systems of despair. What are they?

3. What literary lover did thousands of young men identify with and imitate in their dress and actions?

4. Blue Coat and Yellow Vest/Habiliment refers, in general, to which kind of clothing?

5. How does the lover see the other once he has established the other's atopia?

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