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

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

3. When the narrator states that "the other whom I love...is atopos," what does he mean?
(a) The other is unfaithful.
(b) The other is a stereotype.
(c) The other is unique.
(d) The other is unobtainable.

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 missing tip of a nose, and nothing else.
(d) To the rejection of perfection by the lover.

5. What effect does the other's atopia have on language?
(a) It makes language indecisive and false; the other cannot be qualified.
(b) It inspires the lover to new and better descriptions of the other.
(c) It makes the lover take refuge in falsehoods.
(d) It does not have any effect on language.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. According to the author, what happens to language the more one becomes enamored of a specific person?

3. Which of the following phrases is an example of tautology, as presented by the author?

4. What message does the lover hope to send through his asceticism?

5. In "Agony," what forms does the feeling discussed by the author take?

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