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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. 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.

2. What does the "fulfillment" or comblement of the title refer to?
(a) Feelings of sadness over the impossibility of fulfillment.
(b) The will to complete fulfillment in love that exceeds language.
(c) Fulfilling one's childhood dreams.
(d) Self-actualization that bypasses the need for the other.

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

4. In this section, "understand your madness" is a phrase uttered by which one of the following figures?
(a) Zeus.
(b) Dionysus.
(c) Orpheus.
(d) Apollo.

5. Which of the following terms is a definition of "atopos"?
(a) Indolent.
(b) Stereotype.
(c) Unclassifiable.
(d) Untranslatable.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. In the section called "Tutti Sistemati," which of the following describes how the lover sees others?

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

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

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