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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. At Fault/faults, describes the lover's feeling of guilt that results from which of the following feelings?
(a) The subject forgets an important date with the other.
(b) The subject is unfaithful to the loved being.
(c) The subject accuses the other of something he did not do.
(d) The subject imagines he has failed the loved being by thinking for himself..

2. In "The Tip of the Nose/Alteration," what does "the tip of the nose" refer to?
(a) A photograph of the author's mother.
(b) The slightly decayed nose of a disinterred corpse.
(c) The nose of a German poet.
(d) A figure in a Flemish painting.

3. 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 pretext for intimacy.
(d) As a gift-object and an organ of desire.

4. At the beginning of the book, in the section entitled, "How this book is structured," what is the name that the author uses to describe the different sections of the book?
(a) Figures.
(b) Abstracts.
(c) References.
(d) Chapters.

5. In the section entitled "To Love Love," the term "annulment" refers to which of the following issues?
(a) The lover's desire annuls the lover's personal friendships.
(b) The object of desire smothers the lover with excessive attention.
(c) The lover's desire annuls the other.
(d) The object of desire rejects the lover's advances.

Short Answer Questions

1. "I am crazy"/Mad, what does the lover realize in his madness?

2. In the section called "Talking," how does the lover's discourse change when the amorous subject speaks about love?

3. In Blue Coat and Yellow Vest/habiliment, what specifically does the "blue coat and yellow vest" refer to?

4. What does the term "alteration" refer to in this section of the text?

5. What is the feeling that the author refers to in the section entitled "Agony?"

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