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

2. The lover compares his gaze on the other's body to which of the following things?
(a) To a prisoner looking out the window.
(b) To someone reading a newspaper.
(c) To a scientist looking through a microscope.
(d) To children who disassemble a clock to see what time is.

3. What are the disadvantages of the act of annulment?
(a) The lover suffers from seeing the other diminished and excluded from the sentiment he or she provoked.
(b) There is a sense of claustrophobia on the part of the lover.
(c) The lover has to fight for autonomy and a sense of self.
(d) The lover becomes tired of constantly seeking new partners.

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

5. To whom is the narrator's asceticism addressed?
(a) To the other (the one who is loved).
(b) To the mother.
(c) To society.
(d) To those friends who doubt the depth of his feelings.

Short Answer Questions

1. When the narrator states that "the other whom I love...is atopos," what does he mean?

2. Which of the following phrases is an example of tautology, as presented by the author?

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

4. In the section entitled, "I am engulfed, I succumb," the author discusses which of the following desires?

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

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