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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. What is the preferred response to the utterance "I love you?"
(a) Silence.
(b) "Really?"
(c) "So do I."
(d) "I love you, too. "

2. In Jealousy, what does Werther's jealousy derive from, according to the author?
(a) From thoughts.
(b) From insecurity.
(c) From images.
(d) From lack of knowledge.

3. How does the informer wound the subject?
(a) He tells lies about the loved being.
(b) He provides commonplace information about the loved being.
(c) He sabotages the subjects relationship with the other.
(d) He competes for the loved beings affections.

4. Which of the following describes the use of "thus" in the figure Thus.
(a) It designates the other as he is, without qualifying adjectives.
(b) It covers up the lover's poor language skills.
(c) It is a word often used by Werther.
(d) It introduces a causal relationship between events.

5. Which famous composer does the author quote in the section on crying?
(a) Verdi.
(b) Satie.
(c) Bach.
(d) Shubert.

Short Answer Questions

1. What failure does the author describe in the section entitled "Adorable?"

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

3. In the section called "Tutti Sistemati," which of the following describes how the lover sees others?

4. In "What is to be done?" which of the following describes the behavior of the amorous subject?

5. The section titled "All the delights of the earth"/Fulfillment is a quotation from which of the following authors?

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