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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. What does the subtitle of this section, "to circumscribe," refer to?
(a) The lover's attempt to circumscribe boredom.
(b) The lover's attempt to circumscribe pleasure.
(c) The lover's attempt to circumscribe pain.
(d) The lover's refusal to circumscribe pleasure.

2. What is the question that worries the lover with regard to the heart?
(a) When will my heartache go away?
(b) When will my wit be valued as much as my heart?
(c) When will I find love?
(d) What will the world and the other do with my heart, my desire?

3. According to the author, who carries out the "discourse of absence" historically?
(a) The Woman.
(b) The Man.
(c) The father.
(d) The mother.

4. What effect does the other's atopia have on language?
(a) It makes language indecisive and false; the other cannot be qualified.
(b) It makes the lover take refuge in falsehoods.
(c) It inspires the lover to new and better descriptions of the other.
(d) It does not have any effect on language.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the slightly longer characterization the author uses to describe the different sections of the book?

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

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

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

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

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