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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. What is another name used in The Ribbon/Objects to describe the lover's attachment to an object that belonged to the beloved?
(a) Fetishism.
(b) Fanaticism.
(c) Nostalgia.
(d) Mania.

2. In "The World Thunderstruck," what does the subheading "disreality" or déréalité refer to?
(a) The amorous subject's state of mind upon waking.
(b) The lover's nervous breakdown after a break up.
(c) The feelings that arise during a late night at work.
(d) The anxious lover's feeling of withdrawal from the world and his surroundings.

3. What language does the word "atopos" come from?
(a) Hebrew.
(b) Gaelic.
(c) Greek.
(d) Latin.

4. According to the author, what happens to language the more one becomes enamored of a specific person?
(a) The lover's language becomes closed off and limited.
(b) The lover's language becomes expansive and creative.
(c) The lover seeks to escape the constraints of language.
(d) Language becomes irrelevant.

5. Which author does the quotation "And the night illuminated the night" come from?
(a) John of the Cross.
(b) Goethe.
(c) Plato.
(d) Freud.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Catastrophe," what causes the lover's panic?

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

3. "In the loving calm of your arms" describes the embrace of total union between lovers. What contradiction does the lover experience?

4. What does the term "alteration" refer to in this section of the text?

5. What does the author note about crying in the modern era?

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