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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. How does the lover respond to accidental contact with the desired being in the section entitled "When my finger accidentally..."?
(a) The lover becomes shy and nervous.
(b) The lover creates meaning from the contact.
(c) The lover feels excessive distress.
(d) The lover remains unaffected.

2. In "Show me whom to desire"/Induction, the narrator notes that there is no desire without _________________.
(a) Prohibition.
(b) Sadness.
(c) Confusion.
(d) Intrigue.

3. 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.

4. What topic does the figure I Love You discuss?
(a) The lover's desire to please the beloved.
(b) The meaning of love.
(c) The poetic meaning of "I love you."
(d) The act of saying "I love you," the repeated utterance.

5. At Fault/faults, describes the lover's feeling of guilt that results from which of the following feelings?
(a) The subject imagines he has failed the loved being by thinking for himself..
(b) The subject is unfaithful to the loved being.
(c) The subject forgets an important date with the other.
(d) The subject accuses the other of something he did not do.

Short Answer Questions

1. The section entitled "Catastrophe" refers to two systems of despair. What are they?

2. What language does the word "atopos" come from?

3. What does the "scenography of waiting" refer to?

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

5. What is the slightly longer characterization the author uses to describe the different sections of the book?

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