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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 does the lover come to perceive the contingencies that affect him?
(a) As a kind of fate.
(b) As random unrelated events.
(c) As hallucinations.
(d) As signs of love.

2. According to this section in the text, what is the best reaction to the other's suffering?
(a) Compassion, moral support, and physical contact.
(b) Detachment, delicacy, and compassion.
(c) Empathy, advice, and affection.
(d) Sympathy, delicacy, and reassurance.

3. The lover compares his gaze on the other's body to which of the following things?
(a) To a scientist looking through a microscope.
(b) To a prisoner looking out the window.
(c) To someone reading a newspaper.
(d) To children who disassemble a clock to see what time is.

4. How does the lover respond to accidental contact with the desired being in the section entitled "When my finger accidentally..."?
(a) The lover becomes shy and nervous.
(b) The lover remains unaffected.
(c) The lover feels excessive distress.
(d) The lover creates meaning from the contact.

5. What happens when one speaks of love in the objective?
(a) "He" or "she" becomes "you."
(b) "One" becomes "I."
(c) "You" becomes "it."
(d) "You" becomes "he" or "she" or "one."

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In "Dedication," what effect can writing, as a form of amorous dedication, have on the other?

3. Which of the following best describes the lover's state in "We are our own demons?"

4. In "Domnei," which two things is the narrator subject to?

5. What does the lover seek to "read" on the other's body?

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