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

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

3. The section entitled "Catastrophe" refers to two systems of despair. What are they?
(a) Gentle despair (active resignation) and violent despair (total destruction).
(b) Angry despair (rage) and hopeless despair (depression).
(c) Active despair and passive despair.
(d) Physical despair and mental despair.

4. In Dark Glasses/To Hide, what main subject does the author address?
(a) The lover wonders to what degree he should conceal the turbulence of his passions.
(b) The lover derides the other's secretiveness.
(c) The lover wonders whether he should declare his love.
(d) The lover disguises his distrust of the other.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following is a definition of the word "laetitia," as presented in the section by that name?

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

3. According to the author, how does the world frequently characterize love incorrectly?

4. In the section on absence, to what early experience does the author link the subject's feelings about the absent lover?

5. In "Agony," what forms does the feeling discussed by the author take?

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