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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 "Dedication," the author presents an internal dialogue that accompanies which of the following acts?
(a) Making a formal commitment to the other.
(b) Receiving a gift from the other.
(c) The dedication of one's life to a cause.
(d) The act of giving a gift, or some other form of dedication, to the object of love.

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 nothingness, which the lover hopes to attain.
(d) As nirvana, which the lover hopes to attain.

3. When the narrator states that "the other whom I love...is atopos," what does he mean?
(a) The other is unique.
(b) The other is a stereotype.
(c) The other is unfaithful.
(d) The other is unobtainable.

4. In "What is to be done?" what problem does the author present?
(a) Deciding when to leave the other.
(b) Solving a difficult social crisis.
(c) Finding a solution to a dispute.
(d) Choosing between two alternatives: this, or that.

5. What is the slightly longer characterization the author uses to describe the different sections of the book?
(a) Lists of terms.
(b) Figments of the imagination.
(c) Literary musings.
(d) Fragments of discourse.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. According to the author, how does the world frequently characterize love incorrectly?

3. Which of the following terms is a definition of "atopos"?

4. "Connivance" describes a situation of connivance that occurs between which two people?

5. 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?"

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