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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 topics describes the theme of "The Absent One/Absence?"
(a) The inner motivations for leaving a relationship.
(b) A process whereby the lover's absence is transformed into an abandonment.
(c) The lover's lack of concern for the absent love object.
(d) The role of absence in film narratives.

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

3. How does the lover feel about himself when confronted with the other's atopia?
(a) He feels himself to be atopos.
(b) He feels himself to be classified, like everyone else.
(c) He feels creative.
(d) He feels depressed.

4. In the section entitled "To Love Love," the term "annulment" refers to which of the following issues?
(a) The lover's desire annuls the other.
(b) The object of desire rejects the lover's advances.
(c) The object of desire smothers the lover with excessive attention.
(d) The lover's desire annuls the lover's personal friendships.

5. The section entitled "Catastrophe" refers to two systems of despair. What are they?
(a) Physical despair and mental despair.
(b) Angry despair (rage) and hopeless despair (depression).
(c) Active despair and passive despair.
(d) Gentle despair (active resignation) and violent despair (total destruction).

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the author, what is always involved in every discourse on love, whether philosophical, gnomic, lyric, or novelistic?

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

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

4. What are the disadvantages of the act of annulment?

5. In the same section, what does the narrator refer to when he says: "I am an amputee who still feels pain in his missing leg?"

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