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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 observation is made about the amorous subject in the section In Praise of Tears/Crying?
(a) He is emotionally immature.
(b) He has a propensity for tears.
(c) He dislikes it when the other cries.
(d) He represses his tears.

2. At the end of this section, which to spaces or realities does the author oppose?
(a) That of the lover and that of the mundane world.
(b) That of the theater and that of the mundane world.
(c) The city and nature.
(d) The familiar and the foreign.

3. What do the clouds symbolize in the section by the same name?
(a) A sense of danger.
(b) The lover's loss of hope.
(c) The other's silence.
(d) The lover's darkening mood.

4. Why is the lover attached to the object?
(a) It is seen as an extension of the loved one's body.
(b) It smells like the other's perfume.
(c) Because he is irrational.
(d) It is nostalgic.

5. In The Orange/Irksome, an episode involving oranges from the novel Werther is used to describe which of the following feelings?
(a) Fatigue.
(b) A feeling of nausea.
(c) A sentiment of slight jealousy.
(d) Unconditional love.

Short Answer Questions

1. In this section, "understand your madness" is a phrase uttered by which one of the following figures?

2. What is the preferred response to the utterance "I love you?"

3. The term "atopos" is associated with which of the following figures?

4. In "I am odious"/Monstrous, what does the lover's discourse do to the other?

5. "Intractable/Affirmation" discusses which of the following themes?

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