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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. According to the author, how does the world frequently characterize love incorrectly?
(a) As a compromise that must be endured for the sake of society.
(b) As the ultimate goal for every single person.
(c) As an either/or situation: a matter of success or failure, victory or defeat.
(d) As impossible, and therefore more desirable.

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

3. What does the "scenography of waiting" refer to?
(a) A drama in which the narrator goes through the different stages of waiting and their associated actions and emotions.
(b) A traumatic scene from the narrator's childhood that he rehearses mentally.
(c) A book written by Schönberg that deals with waiting.
(d) A French opera.

4. 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 unfaithful.
(c) The other is unobtainable.
(d) The other is unique.

5. In this section, what does the lover hope to achieve by touching the other?
(a) A response, an interplay of meaning with the other.
(b) Compassion from the other.
(c) Understanding from the other.
(d) Sympathy from the other.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. According to this section in the text, what is the best reaction to the other's suffering?

3. What failure does the author describe in the section entitled "Adorable?"

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

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

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