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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. When does this desire affect the subject?
(a) When the subject is in a state of despair or fulfillment.
(b) When the subject is bored.
(c) When the subject is irritated.
(d) When the subject is in a state of raw panic.

2. "Connivance" describes a situation of connivance that occurs between which two people?
(a) The object of love and the lover's rival.
(b) The amorous subject and his mother.
(c) The amorous subject and his rival.
(d) The amorous subject and the object of love.

3. Which of the following topics describes the theme of "The Absent One/Absence?"
(a) The role of absence in film narratives.
(b) The inner motivations for leaving a relationship.
(c) A process whereby the lover's absence is transformed into an abandonment.
(d) The lover's lack of concern for the absent love object.

4. According to the author, how does the world frequently characterize love incorrectly?
(a) As an either/or situation: a matter of success or failure, victory or defeat.
(b) As impossible, and therefore more desirable.
(c) As the ultimate goal for every single person.
(d) As a compromise that must be endured for the sake of society.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. The term "atopos" is associated with which of the following figures?

2. Which of the following is a definition of the word "laetitia," as presented in the section by that name?

3. In "What is to be done?" what problem does the author present?

4. What is the best form in which to tell the story of love?

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

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