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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 38 through 74.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does the lover see the other once he has established the other's atopia?
(a) As needing his protection.
(b) As the perfect lover.
(c) As an imperfect lover.
(d) As unobtainable.

2. What does the subtitle of this section, "to circumscribe," refer to?
(a) The lover's refusal to circumscribe pleasure.
(b) The lover's attempt to circumscribe pleasure.
(c) The lover's attempt to circumscribe boredom.
(d) The lover's attempt to circumscribe pain.

3. The section titled "All the delights of the earth"/Fulfillment is a quotation from which of the following authors?
(a) Novalis.
(b) Sade.
(c) Nietzsche.
(d) Ruysbroek.

4. Which phrase best describes the title "I have an Other-ache?"
(a) The subject deeply misses the loved object when that person is absent.
(b) The subject experiences pain caused by an insensitive comment made by the other.
(c) The subject feels strong compassion towards the loved object when that person is suffering.
(d) The subject is tired of listening to the other's problems.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In Dark Glasses/To Hide, what paradox is revealed in the act of concealment?

2. To whom is the narrator's asceticism addressed?

3. "Connivance" describes a situation of connivance that occurs between which two people?

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

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

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