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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 "Special Days"/Festivity, what analogy is used to describe the lover's meeting with the loved being?
(a) The prisoner released from captivity.
(b) The child laughing with joy at the sight of the mother.
(c) The child at a circus.
(d) A family on a picnic.

2. In the section entitled "Waiting," which of the following processes is described?
(a) An increasing apathy regarding the other's absence.
(b) A growing anxiety and loss of all sense of proportion while waiting for the other.
(c) Making lists of the other's faults while waiting for him.
(d) A growing fear of the death of the beloved during his absence.

3. In "Agony," what forms does the feeling discussed by the author take?
(a) Sadness and despondency.
(b) Jealousy and fear of injury and abandonment.
(c) Shame in front of others.
(d) Impatience and irritability.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. In "Inexpressible Love," what two powerful myths does the author mention?

4. What language does the word "atopos" come from?

5. How does the lover respond to accidental contact with the desired being in the section entitled "When my finger accidentally..."?

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