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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 is the slightly longer characterization the author uses to describe the different sections of the book?
(a) Lists of terms.
(b) Literary musings.
(c) Figments of the imagination.
(d) Fragments of discourse.

2. The term "atopos" is associated with which of the following figures?
(a) Plato.
(b) Nietzsche.
(c) Meno.
(d) Socrates.

3. According to this section in the text, what is the best reaction to the other's suffering?
(a) Compassion, moral support, and physical contact.
(b) Empathy, advice, and affection.
(c) Sympathy, delicacy, and reassurance.
(d) Detachment, delicacy, and compassion.

4. In the section entitled, "I am engulfed, I succumb," the author discusses which of the following desires?
(a) To be embraced by one's lover.
(b) To lose oneself in a good story.
(c) To be overcome with emotion or to swoon.
(d) To fall into a deep sleep.

5. 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?

Short Answer Questions

1. The lover compares his gaze on the other's body to which of the following things?

2. What does the "scenography of waiting" refer to?

3. In this section, "understand your madness" is a phrase uttered by which one of the following figures?

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

5. In "Events, Setbacks and Annoyances," which of the following describes the effect of "contingencies" on the amorous subject?

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