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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 "Show me whom to desire"/Induction, the narrator notes that there is no desire without _________________.
(a) Intrigue.
(b) Prohibition.
(c) Confusion.
(d) Sadness.

2. In The Love Letter, what single piece of information is presented with variation?
(a) I desire you.
(b) I am thinking of you.
(c) I wish you were here.
(d) Do not forget me.

3. To whom is the narrator's asceticism addressed?
(a) To society.
(b) To the other (the one who is loved).
(c) To those friends who doubt the depth of his feelings.
(d) To the mother.

4. In Exiled from the Image-repertoire/Exile, the idea of exile can be associated with which of the following things?
(a) Leaving behind old images of the self.
(b) Amorous mourning; abandoning the image of the other.
(c) Mourning the death on a loved one.
(d) Leaving one's country of birth.

5. To what does the "ghost ship," in the section entitled The Ghost Ship/Errantry refer?
(a) The errant lover wanders from love to love, believing in the quest for fulfillment.
(b) The lover dreams of sailing the world with the object of desire.
(c) The lover becomes a ghost of his former self.
(d) The lover is haunted by terrible memories.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following describes the lover's madness in "I am crazy"/mad?

2. Which famous composer does the author quote in the section on crying?

3. What failure does the author describe in the section entitled "Adorable?"

4. In the same section, what does the narrator refer to when he says: "I am an amputee who still feels pain in his missing leg?"

5. The Unknowable describes which of the following situations?

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