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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. How does the lover feel about himself when confronted with the other's atopia?
(a) He feels creative.
(b) He feels himself to be atopos.
(c) He feels depressed.
(d) He feels himself to be classified, like everyone else.

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 deeply misses the loved object when that person is absent.
(d) The subject feels strong compassion towards the loved object when that person is suffering.

3. What does the narrator do to escape the perception of "disreality?'
(a) Tries to participate in banal conversations and discourse.
(b) Takes a walk in nature.
(c) Drinks more coffee.
(d) Visits a therapist to discuss the crisis.

4. In "What is to be done?" which of the following describes the behavior of the amorous subject?
(a) Self-indulgent with little concern for others' feelings.
(b) Everything is over-interpreted and spontaneity becomes impossible.
(c) Needy.
(d) Awkwardly silent.

5. In "Events, Setbacks and Annoyances," which of the following describes the effect of "contingencies" on the amorous subject?
(a) The amorous subject's happiness is destroyed by random events.
(b) The amorous subject's happiness is increased by random events.
(c) The amorous subject is oblivious to random events.
(d) The amorous subject is ambivalent about random events.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the lover give the other when he offers a gift?

2. In the section called "Talking," how does the lover's discourse change when the amorous subject speaks about love?

3. In "Agony," what forms does the feeling discussed by the author take?

4. "Connivance" describes a situation of connivance that occurs between which two people?

5. In "Dedication," what effect can writing, as a form of amorous dedication, have on the other?

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