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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. Which of the following topics describes the theme of "The Absent One/Absence?"
(a) The lover's lack of concern for the absent love object.
(b) The inner motivations for leaving a relationship.
(c) The role of absence in film narratives.
(d) A process whereby the lover's absence is transformed into an abandonment.

2. What is the definition of languor offered in the section Love's Languor?
(a) A continuous state of amorous desire without the will to possess.
(b) A feeling of drowsiness after an evening with the beloved.
(c) A feeling of pleasurable melancholy.
(d) A feeling of gentle laziness.

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

4. In "Catastrophe," what causes the lover's panic?
(a) The potential for rejection.
(b) The lover's fear of intimacy.
(c) The inability to recover the self when the lover is absent.
(d) The other's loss of memory.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the person concealing his feelings wish to be perceived?

2. Which author does the quotation "And the night illuminated the night" come from?

3. In "What is to be done?" what problem does the author present?

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

5. In Clouds, why is Herr Schmidt upset?

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