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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. In "Inexpressible Love," what two powerful myths does the author mention?
(a) That true love can never be found and that only poets can write about love.
(b) That writing about love heals the heart and that everyone has a soulmate.
(c) That true love is eternal and that it is the most ancient story to tell.
(d) That sublimated love engenders beautiful discourse and that one can write about one's passion.

2. 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) Goethe.
(b) Gradiva.
(c) Proust.
(d) Socrates.

3. Which phrase best describes the title "I have an Other-ache?"
(a) The subject feels strong compassion towards the loved object when that person is suffering.
(b) The subject experiences pain caused by an insensitive comment made by the other.
(c) The subject deeply misses the loved object when that person is absent.
(d) The subject is tired of listening to the other's problems.

4. "Connivance" describes a situation of connivance that occurs between which two people?
(a) The amorous subject and the object of love.
(b) The amorous subject and his mother.
(c) The object of love and the lover's rival.
(d) The amorous subject and his rival.

5. The other title of Tutti Sistemati," "pigeonholed," is associated with which of the following desires?
(a) The lover's desire to fit into a particular life structure.
(b) The desire to escape social constraints and labels.
(c) The traveler's desire to keep moving.
(d) The need to stereotype others.

Short Answer Questions

1. How is the heart described in the section entitled "The Heart?"

2. How does the lover see the other once he has established the other's atopia?

3. What observation is made about the amorous subject in the section In Praise of Tears/Crying?

4. Where does the name Gradiva derive from?

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

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