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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. What effect does the other's atopia have on language?
(a) It makes the lover take refuge in falsehoods.
(b) It inspires the lover to new and better descriptions of the other.
(c) It does not have any effect on language.
(d) It makes language indecisive and false; the other cannot be qualified.

2. In this section, how is the term "karma" defined?
(a) As causality, which the lover wishes to escape from.
(b) As suffering, which the lover hopes to inflict on the other.
(c) As nirvana, which the lover hopes to attain.
(d) As nothingness, which the lover hopes to attain.

3. What are the advantages of the act of annulment?
(a) The lover retreats into the idea of love when threatened by injury or jealousy.
(b) The lover can seek out a new love interest.
(c) The lover can take on a new identity.
(d) The lover is never without the attentions of the beloved.

4. What clothing is Werther wearing when he first dances with Charlotte?
(a) Old work clothes.
(b) A white shirt and riding boots.
(c) A blue coat and yellow vest.
(d) A formal black suit.

5. Match the term "loquela" with the correct phrase.
(a) "I know that you know that I know."
(b) "I keep swallowing and regurgitating my wound."
(c) "I doom myself to blackmail."
(d) "I fall in love again and again."

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is the lover cautious when the loved object complains of the lover's rival?

2. What is the source of the embarrassment experienced by parties in a love triangle in "Looking embarrassed?"

3. What happens when one speaks of love in the objective?

4. According to the author, what does the term "adorable" represent, or stand in for, in the lover's discourse?

5. What topic does the figure I Love You discuss?

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