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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 "The Tip of the Nose/Alteration," what does "the tip of the nose" refer to?
(a) The nose of a German poet.
(b) The slightly decayed nose of a disinterred corpse.
(c) A figure in a Flemish painting.
(d) A photograph of the author's mother.

2. In this same section, the author invokes a scene involving a letter. Which of the following describes this scene?
(a) The narrator writes a business letter instead of a love letter.
(b) The narrator opens a secret love letter addressed to someone else.
(c) The narrator writes a love letter instead of a business letter.
(d) The narrator describes burning his love letters.

3. Which of the following is a definition of the word "laetitia," as presented in the section by that name?
(a) A subtle pleasure.
(b) A lifelong pleasure.
(c) A lively pleasure.
(d) A forbidden pleasure.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following describes the lover's madness in "I am crazy"/mad?

2. In Dark Glasses/To Hide, what paradox is revealed in the act of concealment?

3. Why is the lover cautious when the loved object complains of the lover's rival?

4. In Dark Glasses/To Hide, what main subject does the author address?

5. To whom is the narrator's asceticism addressed?

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