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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. 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 forgets an important date with the other.
(c) The subject accuses the other of something he did not do.
(d) The subject is unfaithful to the loved being.

2. Which author does the quotation "And the night illuminated the night" come from?
(a) Plato.
(b) Freud.
(c) Goethe.
(d) John of the Cross.

3. In "Domnei," which two things is the narrator subject to?
(a) To the other's dependency and to that of the other's children.
(b) To the loved one and to the loved one's dependency.
(c) To the opinions of society and to the opinions of the other.
(d) To the loved one and to that person's parents.

4. In the same section, the author notes that to write about love is to "confront the muck of language"; which of the following describes this problem?
(a) Language is paradoxically both too much and not enough.
(b) Language is becomes indecipherable.
(c) Language has too many meanings and cannot be controlled.
(d) Language is degraded and common.

5. In the section entitled, "I am engulfed, I succumb," the author discusses which of the following desires?
(a) To be embraced by one's lover.
(b) To lose oneself in a good story.
(c) To fall into a deep sleep.
(d) To be overcome with emotion or to swoon.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Novel/Drama," which of the following is true about the writing of the amorous subject's love story?

2. What is the duration of a discourse on love?

3. Which of the following topics describes the theme of "The Absent One/Absence?"

4. What three things can shatter the ideal and protected Image of the lover according to the author?

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

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