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

2. What is the "ordeal" described in the section called Fade-out.
(a) For no apparent reason the loved being withdraws from all contact.
(b) The lover's favorite jeans fade.
(c) The loved being's physical beauty begins to fade.
(d) The loved being's mother dies.

3. In The Orange/Irksome, an episode involving oranges from the novel Werther is used to describe which of the following feelings?
(a) Fatigue.
(b) Unconditional love.
(c) A sentiment of slight jealousy.
(d) A feeling of nausea.

4. In the section called "Talking," how does the lover's discourse change when the amorous subject speaks about love?
(a) From a rejection of love to a a declaration of love.
(b) From a declaration of love to a renouncement of love.
(c) From an abstract philosophical discourse about love to a personal declaration of love.
(d) From a personal declaration of love to an abstract philosophical discourse about love.

5. In the section called Fade-out, where does the other's fade-out reside?
(a) In the other's appearance.
(b) In the lover's silence.
(c) In the lover's memory.
(d) In the other's voice.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. In Exiled from the Image-repertoire/Exile, the idea of exile can be associated with which of the following things?

4. The Unknowable describes which of the following situations?

5. In this section, what does the lover hope to achieve by touching the other?

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