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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. Which of the following is a definition of the word "laetitia," as presented in the section by that name?
(a) A subtle pleasure.
(b) A lively pleasure.
(c) A lifelong pleasure.
(d) A forbidden pleasure.

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

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

4. In this section, how is the term "karma" defined?
(a) As nirvana, which the lover hopes to attain.
(b) As suffering, which the lover hopes to inflict on the other.
(c) As nothingness, which the lover hopes to attain.
(d) As causality, which the lover wishes to escape from.

5. In "Catastrophe," what causes the lover's panic?
(a) The other's loss of memory.
(b) The inability to recover the self when the lover is absent.
(c) The lover's fear of intimacy.
(d) The potential for rejection.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are the advantages of the act of annulment?

2. What does the subtitle of this section, "to circumscribe," refer to?

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

4. In the section titled "I want to understand," what is the subject trying to understand?

5. How is the heart described in the section entitled "The Heart?"

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