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

2. Which phrase best describes the title "I have an Other-ache?"
(a) The subject feels strong compassion towards the loved object when that person is suffering.
(b) The subject experiences pain caused by an insensitive comment made by the other.
(c) The subject is tired of listening to the other's problems.
(d) The subject deeply misses the loved object when that person is absent.

3. What failure does the author describe in the section entitled "Adorable?"
(a) The failure of love to live up to expectations.
(b) The failure of the lover's desire when confronted which the actual adored object.
(c) The failure of language employed by the lover to adequately describe the loved object.
(d) The failure of the loved object to respond to words like "adorable."

4. The section titled "All the delights of the earth"/Fulfillment is a quotation from which of the following authors?
(a) Novalis.
(b) Ruysbroek.
(c) Nietzsche.
(d) Sade.

5. In "What is to be done?" which of the following describes the behavior of the amorous subject?
(a) Needy.
(b) Awkwardly silent.
(c) Self-indulgent with little concern for others' feelings.
(d) Everything is over-interpreted and spontaneity becomes impossible.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Catastrophe," what causes the lover's panic?

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

3. Which of the following topics describes the theme of "The Absent One/Absence?"

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

5. How does the lover see the other once he has established the other's atopia?

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