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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 129 through 182.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. To what does the "ghost ship," in the section entitled The Ghost Ship/Errantry refer?
(a) The errant lover wanders from love to love, believing in the quest for fulfillment.
(b) The lover becomes a ghost of his former self.
(c) The lover dreams of sailing the world with the object of desire.
(d) The lover is haunted by terrible memories.

2. What does the author note about crying in the modern era?
(a) Crying does not tell more than words.
(b) It is no longer acceptable for men to cry, especially in public.
(c) It is seen as unhealthy to cry.
(d) Everyone cries too easily.

3. How does the informer wound the subject?
(a) He tells lies about the loved being.
(b) He sabotages the subjects relationship with the other.
(c) He competes for the loved beings affections.
(d) He provides commonplace information about the loved being.

4. What does the lover give the other when he offers a gift?
(a) A souvenir of happier times.
(b) An expensive token of affection.
(c) Something he has touched and invested with emotion.
(d) Something useless and impractical.

5. What message does the lover hope to send through his asceticism?
(a) He wants to show off his learning to his friends.
(b) He wants to display his askesis as something caused by the other so that person will yield.
(c) He wants to make his mother feel guilty.
(d) He wants to convince society that he is worthy of love.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the lover's condition cause him to do in "We are our own demons?"

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

3. What does the "fulfillment" or comblement of the title refer to?

4. How does the lover see the other once he has established the other's atopia?

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

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