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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. The other title of Tutti Sistemati," "pigeonholed," is associated with which of the following desires?
(a) The traveler's desire to keep moving.
(b) The need to stereotype others.
(c) The desire to escape social constraints and labels.
(d) The lover's desire to fit into a particular life structure.

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

3. In "Agony," what forms does the feeling discussed by the author take?
(a) Shame in front of others.
(b) Jealousy and fear of injury and abandonment.
(c) Impatience and irritability.
(d) Sadness and despondency.

4. In "What is to be done?" what problem does the author present?
(a) Choosing between two alternatives: this, or that.
(b) Deciding when to leave the other.
(c) Finding a solution to a dispute.
(d) Solving a difficult social crisis.

5. What language does the word "atopos" come from?
(a) Hebrew.
(b) Latin.
(c) Greek.
(d) Gaelic.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the lover respond to accidental contact with the desired being in the section entitled "When my finger accidentally..."?

2. Which of the following is a definition of the word "laetitia," as presented in the section by that name?

3. Why is the lover cautious when the loved object complains of the lover's rival?

4. In the same section, what does the lover mourn when the love object is lost?

5. "Intractable/Affirmation" discusses which of the following themes?

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