View a FREE sample

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) The lover's lack of concern for the absent love object.
(b) The inner motivations for leaving a relationship.
(c) A process whereby the lover's absence is transformed into an abandonment.
(d) The role of absence in film narratives.

2. How does the lover see the other once he has established the other's atopia?
(a) As an imperfect lover.
(b) As needing his protection.
(c) As the perfect lover.
(d) As unobtainable.

3. Why is the lover cautious when the loved object complains of the lover's rival?
(a) The lover does not want to be a gossip.
(b) The lover is too submissive to stand up to the other.
(c) The lover could end up in the rival's place some day.
(d) The lover is afraid of revealing his friendship with the rival.

4. Which of the following is a definition of the word "laetitia," as presented in the section by that name?
(a) A lifelong pleasure.
(b) A forbidden pleasure.
(c) A lively pleasure.
(d) A subtle pleasure.

5. What is the slightly longer characterization the author uses to describe the different sections of the book?
(a) Literary musings.
(b) Figments of the imagination.
(c) Fragments of discourse.
(d) Lists of terms.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "To Be Ascetic," the term "askesis" is associated with which of the following acts?

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

3. "Intractable/Affirmation" discusses which of the following themes?

4. In "Catastrophe," what causes the lover's panic?

5. To whom is the narrator's asceticism addressed?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 367 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample