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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. At the end of this section, which to spaces or realities does the author oppose?
(a) That of the theater and that of the mundane world.
(b) The city and nature.
(c) The familiar and the foreign.
(d) That of the lover and that of the mundane world.

2. In this section, what does the lover hope to achieve by touching the other?
(a) Understanding from the other.
(b) Compassion from the other.
(c) Sympathy from the other.
(d) A response, an interplay of meaning with the other.

3. Which one of the following authors does Barthes cite in this section on the demonic life of a lover?
(a) Nietzsche.
(b) Freud.
(c) Proust.
(d) Goethe.

4. Which of the following phrases describes the informer in the section called The Informer?
(a) A rival.
(b) A malicious gossip.
(c) An enemy who tries to destroy the subject.
(d) A friendly figure who wounds the subject.

5. Which phrase best describes the title "I have an Other-ache?"
(a) The subject experiences pain caused by an insensitive comment made by the other.
(b) The subject feels strong compassion towards the loved object when that person is suffering.
(c) The subject deeply misses the loved object when that person is absent.
(d) The subject is tired of listening to the other's problems.

Short Answer Questions

1. In this section, "understand your madness" is a phrase uttered by which one of the following figures?

2. "Connivance" describes a situation of connivance that occurs between which two people?

3. What is the dual nature of the figure of Gradiva?

4. In the section called "Talking," how does the lover's discourse change when the amorous subject speaks about love?

5. In the section entitled "Waiting," which of the following processes is described?

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