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

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

3. In the section on agony, to what does the narrator compare the steady progress of the emotional state he experiences?
(a) To the story of Tristan and Isolde.
(b) To Gide riding a train.
(c) To Socrates feeling the cold of the hemlock rising in his body.
(d) To Werther feeling a sense of hopelessness.

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

5. What message does the lover hope to send through his asceticism?
(a) He wants to make his mother feel guilty.
(b) He wants to show off his learning to his friends.
(c) He wants to convince society that he is worthy of love.
(d) He wants to display his askesis as something caused by the other so that person will yield.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the "scenography of waiting" refer to?

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

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

4. When does this desire affect the subject?

5. What three things can shatter the ideal and protected Image of the lover according to the author?

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