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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 75 through 128.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does the term "alteration" refer to in this section of the text?
(a) To the rejection of perfection by the lover.
(b) To a sewing procedure, which is a metaphor in the text.
(c) To the production of a counter-image of the loved object.
(d) To the missing tip of a nose, and nothing else.

3. In this section, "understand your madness" is a phrase uttered by which one of the following figures?
(a) Apollo.
(b) Dionysus.
(c) Orpheus.
(d) Zeus.

4. How is the sensibility of the amorous subject described in the section entitled "Flayed?"
(a) Prone to negativity.
(b) Aggressive.
(c) Detached.
(d) Vulnerable and sensitive to ridicule.

5. In the section titled "I want to understand," what is the subject trying to understand?
(a) The meaning of life.
(b) The nature of trust.
(c) Himself and what it means to be "in love."
(d) What it means to feel secure.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. According to the author, what happens to language the more one becomes enamored of a specific person?

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

4. In the section entitled "To Love Love," the term "annulment" refers to which of the following issues?

5. In "Agony," what forms does the feeling discussed by the author take?

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