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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 "Exuberance," which two literary characters does the author compare to discuss the "economy of pure expenditure" in love?
(a) Werther and Albert from the novel Werther.
(b) Apollo and Dionysus from Greek mythology.
(c) The narrator and Charlus from the novel The Guermantes' Way.
(d) Werther and Charlotte from the novel Werther.
2. To what does the "ghost ship," in the section entitled The Ghost Ship/Errantry refer?
(a) The lover is haunted by terrible memories.
(b) The lover dreams of sailing the world with the object of desire.
(c) The lover becomes a ghost of his former self.
(d) The errant lover wanders from love to love, believing in the quest for fulfillment.
3. In the section entitled, "I am engulfed, I succumb," the author discusses which of the following desires?
(a) To be embraced by one's lover.
(b) To be overcome with emotion or to swoon.
(c) To lose oneself in a good story.
(d) To fall into a deep sleep.
4. 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 lover's nervous breakdown after a break up.
(c) The feelings that arise during a late night at work.
(d) The amorous subject's state of mind upon waking.
5. Where does the name Gradiva derive from?
(a) A goddess from classical Greek mythology.
(b) A play about a 19th-century society woman.
(c) One of Sigmund Freud's female patients.
(d) A book in which the delirious hero mistakes an image for the actual woman he loves.
Short Answer Questions
1. Which phrase best describes the title "I have an Other-ache?"
2. How does the lover come to perceive the contingencies that affect him?
3. What does the lover give the other when he offers a gift?
4. Which of the following terms is a definition of "atopos"?
5. In Dark Glasses/To Hide, what main subject does the author address?
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