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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 role of absence in film narratives.
(b) A process whereby the lover's absence is transformed into an abandonment.
(c) The lover's lack of concern for the absent love object.
(d) The inner motivations for leaving a relationship.

2. 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.

3. What kind of acts does the lover perform in The Last Leaf/Magic.
(a) Acts of selfless love.
(b) Magic consultations, secret rites, and votive actions.
(c) Meditations, contemplations, and silences.
(d) Acts of infidelity.

4. Which of the following is a definition of the word "laetitia," as presented in the section by that name?
(a) A forbidden pleasure.
(b) A subtle pleasure.
(c) A lifelong pleasure.
(d) A lively pleasure.

5. In Love's Obscenity/Obscene, what is the author's first example of obscenity?
(a) A poem by Sappho.
(b) Each occasion in the text that the word "love" is used.
(c) A Japanese haiku about love.
(d) Werther's obvious love for Charlotte.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the best form in which to tell the story of love?

2. Which of the following characterizes the figure "night" in the section "And the night illuminated the night"/Night?

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

4. In the section on agony, to what does the narrator compare the steady progress of the emotional state he experiences?

5. In Exiled from the Image-repertoire/Exile, the idea of exile can be associated with which of the following things?

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