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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. How is the heart described in the section entitled "The Heart?"
(a) As a tired metaphor for romance.
(b) As a symbol of fertility.
(c) As a gift-object and an organ of desire.
(d) As a pretext for intimacy.

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

3. In Exiled from the Image-repertoire/Exile, the idea of exile can be associated with which of the following things?
(a) Leaving one's country of birth.
(b) Mourning the death on a loved one.
(c) Leaving behind old images of the self.
(d) Amorous mourning; abandoning the image of the other.

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

5. In Dark Glasses/To Hide, what main subject does the author address?
(a) The lover derides the other's secretiveness.
(b) The lover wonders whether he should declare his love.
(c) The lover wonders to what degree he should conceal the turbulence of his passions.
(d) The lover disguises his distrust of the other.

Short Answer Questions

1. To whom does the following quote belong,"I therefore have decked myself out in finery so that I might be in the company of a fine young man?"

2. According to this section in the text, what is the best reaction to the other's suffering?

3. What does the narrator do to escape the perception of "disreality?'

4. Why is the lover attached to the object?

5. Match the term "loquela" with the correct phrase.

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