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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. Which of the following phrases describes the informer in the section called The Informer?
(a) A rival.
(b) A friendly figure who wounds the subject.
(c) An enemy who tries to destroy the subject.
(d) A malicious gossip.

2. The lover compares his gaze on the other's body to which of the following things?
(a) To someone reading a newspaper.
(b) To a scientist looking through a microscope.
(c) To a prisoner looking out the window.
(d) To children who disassemble a clock to see what time is.

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

4. Which of the following scenarios is described in No Answer/Silence?
(a) The lover is anxious because his calls go unanswered.
(b) The lover is anxious because his letters remain unanswered.
(c) The amorous subject is discouraged by the other's distracted silence.
(d) The amorous subject does not like to be alone.

5. What topic does the figure I Love You discuss?
(a) The poetic meaning of "I love you."
(b) The meaning of love.
(c) The act of saying "I love you," the repeated utterance.
(d) The lover's desire to please the beloved.

Short Answer Questions

1. In The Orange/Irksome, an episode involving oranges from the novel Werther is used to describe which of the following feelings?

2. In the section entitled "To Love Love," the term "annulment" refers to which of the following issues?

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

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

5. What assumption does the lover make about the other in the figure Truth?

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