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

2. In "To Be Ascetic," how does the narrator's asceticism take shape?
(a) Through long walks alone in the desert.
(b) Through fasting, sexual abstinence, and total seclusion.
(c) Through refusing to speak to friends about his condition.
(d) Through appearance (short hair, dark glasses) and monk-like habits (serious study, rising early).

3. To whom does the following quote belong,"I therefore have decked myself out in finery so that I might be in the company of a fine young man?"
(a) Gradiva.
(b) Goethe.
(c) Socrates.
(d) Proust.

4. In the figure Why?, which of the following phrases describes the lover's state of mind?
(a) He wonders why other couple look happier than him.
(b) He asks continually why the loved one is always late to their rendezvous.
(c) He wonders why he cannot find someone to love.
(d) He obsesses over why he is not loved, or loved more.

5. How does the narrator describe the feeling of ravishment?
(a) A fear of losing control.
(b) A kind of hypnosis; the lover is stunned.
(c) A deeply distressing pain.
(d) A profound curiosity

Short Answer Questions

1. What literary lover did thousands of young men identify with and imitate in their dress and actions?

2. Which of the following phrases describes the informer in the section called The Informer?

3. What is the best form in which to tell the story of love?

4. Which of the following scenarios is described in No Answer/Silence?

5. What kind of scene is discussed in the figure Making Scenes/Scene?

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