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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 1 through 37.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In the section entitled, "I am engulfed, I succumb," the author discusses which of the following desires?
(a) To lose oneself in a good story.
(b) To be embraced by one's lover.
(c) To be overcome with emotion or to swoon.
(d) To fall into a deep sleep.

2. Which of the following phrases is an example of tautology, as presented by the author?
(a) I love you because you are absent.
(b) The adorable is what is adorable.
(c) I adore you because you are fascinating.
(d) The adorable is what is impossible.

3. In the section on absence, to what early experience does the author link the subject's feelings about the absent lover?
(a) To the father's absence.
(b) To the mother's absence.
(c) To the subject's first disappointment in love.
(d) To the child's need for approval.

4. What message does the lover hope to send through his asceticism?
(a) He wants to display his askesis as something caused by the other so that person will yield.
(b) He wants to make his mother feel guilty.
(c) He wants to show off his learning to his friends.
(d) He wants to convince society that he is worthy of love.

5. What failure does the author describe in the section entitled "Adorable?"
(a) The failure of the lover's desire when confronted which the actual adored object.
(b) The failure of love to live up to expectations.
(c) The failure of language employed by the lover to adequately describe the loved object.
(d) The failure of the loved object to respond to words like "adorable."

Short Answer Questions

1. The term "atopos" is associated with which of the following figures?

2. What are the disadvantages of the act of annulment?

3. Which of the following topics describes the theme of "The Absent One/Absence?"

4. What is the slightly longer characterization the author uses to describe the different sections of the book?

5. When the narrator states that "the other whom I love...is atopos," what does he mean?

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