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

2. What does the narrator do to escape the perception of "disreality?'
(a) Takes a walk in nature.
(b) Visits a therapist to discuss the crisis.
(c) Drinks more coffee.
(d) Tries to participate in banal conversations and discourse.

3. Which relationship dynamic does the section of the text entitled "Domnei" or "dependency" describe?
(a) Common belief always places the woman in the submissive role.
(b) The loved object is much too dependent on the amorous subject.
(c) The amorous subject is subjugated to the loved object.
(d) The couple decides to discuss problems of dependency.

4. In this same section, the author invokes a scene involving a letter. Which of the following describes this scene?
(a) The narrator opens a secret love letter addressed to someone else.
(b) The narrator describes burning his love letters.
(c) The narrator writes a business letter instead of a love letter.
(d) The narrator writes a love letter instead of a business letter.

5. What language does the word "atopos" come from?
(a) Latin.
(b) Hebrew.
(c) Gaelic.
(d) Greek.

Short Answer Questions

1. What image does the author evoke to represent the "exuberance" that results from constantly expending love?

2. "The Other's Body" divides the other's body into two parts: what are they?

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

4. What is the dual nature of the figure of Gradiva?

5. What effect does the other's atopia have on language?

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