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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 "To Be Ascetic," how does the narrator's asceticism take shape?
(a) Through long walks alone in the desert.
(b) Through refusing to speak to friends about his condition.
(c) Through appearance (short hair, dark glasses) and monk-like habits (serious study, rising early).
(d) Through fasting, sexual abstinence, and total seclusion.

2. What three things can shatter the ideal and protected Image of the lover according to the author?
(a) The loss of their looks, their lack of interest in new things, and poor hygiene.
(b) Association with the commonplace, former lovers, and desire for others.
(c) Attachment to their parents and former lovers, and desire for others.
(d) Unpaid bills, association with the mundane, and course language.

3. What are the advantages of the act of annulment?
(a) The lover retreats into the idea of love when threatened by injury or jealousy.
(b) The lover can take on a new identity.
(c) The lover is never without the attentions of the beloved.
(d) The lover can seek out a new love interest.

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

5. In "To Be Ascetic," the term "askesis" is associated with which of the following acts?
(a) Complete rejection of society.
(b) Self-punishment and gentle retreat.
(c) Meditation.
(d) Foreign travel.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Which of the following terms is a definition of "atopos"?

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

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

5. In the section entitled "To Love Love," the term "annulment" refers to which of the following issues?

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