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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. Why is the lover cautious when the loved object complains of the lover's rival?
(a) The lover does not want to be a gossip.
(b) The lover is too submissive to stand up to the other.
(c) The lover could end up in the rival's place some day.
(d) The lover is afraid of revealing his friendship with the rival.

2. What is the best form in which to tell the story of love?
(a) Ancient, declamatory drama.
(b) The novel.
(c) Personal letters.
(d) Poetry.

3. What does the young Freud say to his fiancée in The Love Letter?
(a) I shall stop writing you if you do not write me back.
(b) I am tired of your long letters.
(c) We must be cautious with our correspondence.
(d) I wish you would visit instead of writing.

4. What does the "scenography of waiting" refer to?
(a) A traumatic scene from the narrator's childhood that he rehearses mentally.
(b) A French opera.
(c) A drama in which the narrator goes through the different stages of waiting and their associated actions and emotions.
(d) A book written by Schönberg that deals with waiting.

5. In Love's Obscenity/Obscene, what gets characterized as obscene in contemporary society?
(a) Rationality.
(b) Sexuality.
(c) Greed.
(d) Sentimentality.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Love's Obscenity/Obscene, what is the author's first example of obscenity?

2. In "Events, Setbacks and Annoyances," which of the following describes the effect of "contingencies" on the amorous subject?

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

4. What do a person's tears prove to him?

5. What is the question that worries the lover with regard to the heart?

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