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

2. To whom is the narrator's asceticism addressed?
(a) To the other (the one who is loved).
(b) To society.
(c) To those friends who doubt the depth of his feelings.
(d) To the mother.

3. In the section on agony, to what does the narrator compare the steady progress of the emotional state he experiences?
(a) To the story of Tristan and Isolde.
(b) To Gide riding a train.
(c) To Werther feeling a sense of hopelessness.
(d) To Socrates feeling the cold of the hemlock rising in his body.

4. At the beginning of the book, in the section entitled, "How this book is structured," what is the name that the author uses to describe the different sections of the book?
(a) Figures.
(b) Abstracts.
(c) Chapters.
(d) References.

5. In "The Tip of the Nose/Alteration," what does "the tip of the nose" refer to?
(a) The nose of a German poet.
(b) A photograph of the author's mother.
(c) The slightly decayed nose of a disinterred corpse.
(d) A figure in a Flemish painting.

Short Answer Questions

1. When does this desire affect the subject?

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

3. How does the lover see the other once he has established the other's atopia?

4. The lover associates atopia in the other with which of the following qualities?

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

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