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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 183 through 234.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The section titled "All the delights of the earth"/Fulfillment is a quotation from which of the following authors?
(a) Ruysbroek.
(b) Sade.
(c) Novalis.
(d) Nietzsche.

2. Which of the following terms is a definition of "atopos"?
(a) Unclassifiable.
(b) Indolent.
(c) Untranslatable.
(d) Stereotype.

3. What does the young Freud say to his fiancée in The Love Letter?
(a) I wish you would visit instead of writing.
(b) We must be cautious with our correspondence.
(c) I shall stop writing you if you do not write me back.
(d) I am tired of your long letters.

4. In the section called "Tutti Sistemati," which of the following describes how the lover sees others?
(a) As having a particular place in a system from which the lover is excluded.
(b) As not having any place in a private world in which the lover is king.
(c) As irrelevant compared to the object of love.
(d) As a threat to the lover's happiness.

5. What does the author note about crying in the modern era?
(a) Crying does not tell more than words.
(b) Everyone cries too easily.
(c) It is seen as unhealthy to cry.
(d) It is no longer acceptable for men to cry, especially in public.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the feeling that the author refers to in the section entitled "Agony?"

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

3. In Sobria Ebrietas/Will-to-Possess, what must replace the lover's will-to-possess?

4. In the same section, the author notes that to write about love is to "confront the muck of language"; which of the following describes this problem?

5. Where does the name Gradiva derive from?

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