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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 75 through 128.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. How is the heart described in the section entitled "The Heart?"
(a) As a tired metaphor for romance.
(b) As a gift-object and an organ of desire.
(c) As a pretext for intimacy.
(d) As a symbol of fertility.

4. What is the question that worries the lover with regard to the heart?
(a) What will the world and the other do with my heart, my desire?
(b) When will my heartache go away?
(c) When will I find love?
(d) When will my wit be valued as much as my heart?

5. In Dark Glasses/To Hide, what main subject does the author address?
(a) The lover disguises his distrust of the other.
(b) The lover derides the other's secretiveness.
(c) The lover wonders to what degree he should conceal the turbulence of his passions.
(d) The lover wonders whether he should declare his love.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?"

2. In "Novel/Drama," which of the following is true about the writing of the amorous subject's love story?

3. What failure does the author describe in the section entitled "Adorable?"

4. In "Exuberance," which two literary characters does the author compare to discuss the "economy of pure expenditure" in love?

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

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