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

2. Which of the following terms is a definition of "atopos"?
(a) Indolent.
(b) Untranslatable.
(c) Stereotype.
(d) Unclassifiable.

3. What are the disadvantages of the act of annulment?
(a) The lover suffers from seeing the other diminished and excluded from the sentiment he or she provoked.
(b) The lover has to fight for autonomy and a sense of self.
(c) There is a sense of claustrophobia on the part of the lover.
(d) The lover becomes tired of constantly seeking new partners.

4. What does the term "alteration" refer to in this section of the text?
(a) To the production of a counter-image of the loved object.
(b) To a sewing procedure, which is a metaphor in the text.
(c) To the rejection of perfection by the lover.
(d) To the missing tip of a nose, and nothing else.

5. What failure does the author describe in the section entitled "Adorable?"
(a) The failure of love to live up to expectations.
(b) The failure of the lover's desire when confronted which the actual adored object.
(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. In the same section, what does the lover mourn when the love object is lost?

2. In the section entitled, "I am engulfed, I succumb," the author discusses which of the following desires?

3. In "To Be Ascetic," how does the narrator's asceticism take shape?

4. What is the feeling that the author refers to in the section entitled "Agony?"

5. According to the author, who carries out the "discourse of absence" historically?

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