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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. In this section, how is the term "karma" defined?
(a) As causality, which the lover wishes to escape from.
(b) As suffering, which the lover hopes to inflict on the other.
(c) As nothingness, which the lover hopes to attain.
(d) As nirvana, which the lover hopes to attain.

2. According to the author, what is always involved in every discourse on love, whether philosophical, gnomic, lyric, or novelistic?
(a) Courage.
(b) A person whom one addresses.
(c) A desire to please.
(d) Self-doubt.

3. What does the lover's condition cause him to do in "We are our own demons?"
(a) To cry frequently and need reassurance.
(b) To place the body and its fulfillment before everything else.
(c) To laugh and celebrate.
(d) To inflict harm on himself; to expel himself from love's paradise.

4. What is the best form in which to tell the story of love?
(a) The novel.
(b) Ancient, declamatory drama.
(c) Poetry.
(d) Personal letters.

5. At the beginning of the book, in the section entitled, "How this book is structured," what is the name that the author uses to describe the different sections of the book?
(a) Abstracts.
(b) References.
(c) Figures.
(d) Chapters.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the subtitle of this section, "to circumscribe," refer to?

2. What is the feeling that the author refers to in the section entitled "Agony?"

3. In "What is to be done?" what problem does the author present?

4. In the section entitled "Waiting," which of the following processes is described?

5. What does the narrator do to escape the perception of "disreality?'

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