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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. In this section, what does the lover hope to achieve by touching the other?
(a) Sympathy from the other.
(b) Understanding from the other.
(c) Compassion from the other.
(d) A response, an interplay of meaning with the other.

2. When does this desire affect the subject?
(a) When the subject is irritated.
(b) When the subject is bored.
(c) When the subject is in a state of raw panic.
(d) When the subject is in a state of despair or fulfillment.

3. In the section called "Talking," how does the lover's discourse change when the amorous subject speaks about love?
(a) From a declaration of love to a renouncement of love.
(b) From an abstract philosophical discourse about love to a personal declaration of love.
(c) From a rejection of love to a a declaration of love.
(d) From a personal declaration of love to an abstract philosophical discourse about love.

4. At the beginning of the book, in the section entitled, "How this book is structured," what is the name that the author uses to describe the different sections of the book?
(a) Chapters.
(b) References.
(c) Abstracts.
(d) Figures.

5. In this section, "understand your madness" is a phrase uttered by which one of the following figures?
(a) Orpheus.
(b) Dionysus.
(c) Apollo.
(d) Zeus.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following terms is a definition of "atopos"?

2. What are the disadvantages of the act of annulment?

3. In the section entitled "Waiting," which of the following processes is described?

4. How does the person concealing his feelings wish to be perceived?

5. What does the "fulfillment" or comblement of the title refer to?

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