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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. What clothing is Werther wearing when he first dances with Charlotte?
(a) Old work clothes.
(b) A formal black suit.
(c) A blue coat and yellow vest.
(d) A white shirt and riding boots.

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

3. In "Catastrophe," what causes the lover's panic?
(a) The inability to recover the self when the lover is absent.
(b) The potential for rejection.
(c) The other's loss of memory.
(d) The lover's fear of intimacy.

4. In the section entitled "To Love Love," the term "annulment" refers to which of the following issues?
(a) The lover's desire annuls the lover's personal friendships.
(b) The object of desire rejects the lover's advances.
(c) The lover's desire annuls the other.
(d) The object of desire smothers the lover with excessive attention.

5. In Dark Glasses/To Hide, what paradox is revealed in the act of concealment?
(a) The other reveals a lot about himself by being secretive.
(b) The lover does not bother to ask the other how he feels.
(c) The lover reveals his lack of respect for the other.
(d) The other must know that the lover does not want to show his feelings.

Short Answer Questions

1. When does this desire affect the subject?

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

3. What image does the author evoke to represent the "exuberance" that results from constantly expending love?

4. Blue Coat and Yellow Vest/Habiliment refers, in general, to which kind of clothing?

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

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