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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 this section, how is the term "karma" defined?
(a) As suffering, which the lover hopes to inflict on the other.
(b) As nirvana, which the lover hopes to attain.
(c) As causality, which the lover wishes to escape from.
(d) As nothingness, which the lover hopes to attain.

2. In the same section, what does the lover mourn when the love object is lost?
(a) The loss of financial security.
(b) The loss of belief in true love.
(c) The loss of someone to talk to.
(d) The loss of love and desire, not the loss of the other.

3. Why? also contains a paradox regarding the lover's state: what is it?
(a) The lover wonders why he is not loved but never stops believing that he is.
(b) The lover wonders why he is not loved as he sees his own feelings of love diminish.
(c) The lover wonders why other couple look happier than him but he does not ask them their secret to happiness..
(d) The lover wonders why he cannot find love but does little to change the situation.

4. What does the lover seek to "read" on the other's body?
(a) The cause of his desire.
(b) The meaning of beauty.
(c) Unexpressed thoughts.
(d) Evidence of imperfection.

5. In "Domnei," which two things is the narrator subject to?
(a) To the loved one and to the loved one's dependency.
(b) To the loved one and to that person's parents.
(c) To the other's dependency and to that of the other's children.
(d) To the opinions of society and to the opinions of the other.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which famous composer does the author quote in the section on crying?

2. Which of the following characterizes the figure "night" in the section "And the night illuminated the night"/Night?

3. In the section called "Talking," how does the lover's discourse change when the amorous subject speaks about love?

4. What is the narrator's definition of the image in the section Images?

5. In "The Tip of the Nose/Alteration," what does "the tip of the nose" refer to?

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