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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 38 through 74.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following topics describes the theme of "The Absent One/Absence?"
(a) A process whereby the lover's absence is transformed into an abandonment.
(b) The inner motivations for leaving a relationship.
(c) The role of absence in film narratives.
(d) The lover's lack of concern for the absent love object.

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) A figure in a Flemish painting.
(c) The slightly decayed nose of a disinterred corpse.
(d) The nose of a German poet.

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

4. To whom is the narrator's asceticism addressed?
(a) To those friends who doubt the depth of his feelings.
(b) To society.
(c) To the mother.
(d) To the other (the one who is loved).

5. What are the disadvantages of the act of annulment?
(a) The lover has to fight for autonomy and a sense of self.
(b) The lover suffers from seeing the other diminished and excluded from the sentiment he or she provoked.
(c) There is a sense of claustrophobia on the part of the lover.
(d) The lover becomes tired of constantly seeking new partners.

Short Answer Questions

1. The other title of Tutti Sistemati," "pigeonholed," is associated with which of the following desires?

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

3. What are the advantages of the act of annulment?

4. In "Events, Setbacks and Annoyances," which of the following describes the effect of "contingencies" on the amorous subject?

5. When the narrator states that "the other whom I love...is atopos," what does he mean?

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