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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. Which of the following phrases is an example of tautology, as presented by the author?
(a) The adorable is what is impossible.
(b) I adore you because you are fascinating.
(c) The adorable is what is adorable.
(d) I love you because you are absent.

2. To whom does the following quote belong,"I therefore have decked myself out in finery so that I might be in the company of a fine young man?"
(a) Gradiva.
(b) Proust.
(c) Socrates.
(d) Goethe.

3. 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 smothers the lover with excessive attention.
(c) The lover's desire annuls the other.
(d) The object of desire rejects the lover's advances.

4. 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?"
(a) The story of a mandarin and a courtesan.
(b) The effects of a childhood loss that continues to affect his relationships.
(c) The tendency to hallucinate the other and recreate the sense of waiting even after the relationship is over.
(d) The pain of rejection that haunts him.

5. In Blue Coat and Yellow Vest/habiliment, what specifically does the "blue coat and yellow vest" refer to?
(a) To the costume of travelers.
(b) To the narrator's favorite outfit.
(c) To clothing worn by the other that becomes a fetish object.
(d) To clothing worn by the character Werther.

Short Answer Questions

1. How is the heart described in the section entitled "The Heart?"

2. What are the advantages of the act of annulment?

3. According to the author, who carries out the "discourse of absence" historically?

4. "I am crazy"/Mad, what does the lover realize in his madness?

5. In the section called Fade-out, where does the other's fade-out reside?

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