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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. In "I am odious"/Monstrous, what does the lover's discourse do to the other?
(a) It irritates him.
(b) It causes him to reply in kind.
(c) It drives him to suicide.
(d) It stifles him, imposing silence.

2. What literary lover did thousands of young men identify with and imitate in their dress and actions?
(a) Werther.
(b) Heinrich.
(c) Herr Schmidt.
(d) Albert.

3. To what does the "ghost ship," in the section entitled The Ghost Ship/Errantry refer?
(a) The errant lover wanders from love to love, believing in the quest for fulfillment.
(b) The lover dreams of sailing the world with the object of desire.
(c) The lover is haunted by terrible memories.
(d) The lover becomes a ghost of his former self.

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

5. What does the lover's condition cause him to do in "We are our own demons?"
(a) To inflict harm on himself; to expel himself from love's paradise.
(b) To place the body and its fulfillment before everything else.
(c) To cry frequently and need reassurance.
(d) To laugh and celebrate.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the subtitle of this section, "to circumscribe," refer to?

2. In "What is to be done?" what problem does the author present?

3. At the end of this section, which to spaces or realities does the author oppose?

4. What clothing is Werther wearing when he first dances with Charlotte?

5. In Dark Glasses/To Hide, what main subject does the author address?

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