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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 come to perceive the contingencies that affect him?
(a) As random unrelated events.
(b) As a kind of fate.
(c) As hallucinations.
(d) As signs of love.

2. What does the lover seek to "read" on the other's body?
(a) The cause of his desire.
(b) Unexpressed thoughts.
(c) Evidence of imperfection.
(d) The meaning of beauty.

3. In Dark Glasses/To Hide, what main subject does the author address?
(a) The lover derides the other's secretiveness.
(b) The lover wonders to what degree he should conceal the turbulence of his passions.
(c) The lover wonders whether he should declare his love.
(d) The lover disguises his distrust of the other.

4. The lover associates atopia in the other with which of the following qualities?
(a) Innocence.
(b) Indolence.
(c) Intelligence.
(d) Secrecy.

5. In "Events, Setbacks and Annoyances," which of the following describes the effect of "contingencies" on the amorous subject?
(a) The amorous subject's happiness is increased by random events.
(b) The amorous subject's happiness is destroyed by random events.
(c) The amorous subject is ambivalent about random events.
(d) The amorous subject is oblivious to random events.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the duration of a discourse on love?

2. In "The Tip of the Nose/Alteration," what does "the tip of the nose" refer to?

3. In "To Be Ascetic," the term "askesis" is associated with which of the following acts?

4. The section entitled "Catastrophe" refers to two systems of despair. What are they?

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

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