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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 is the source of the embarrassment experienced by parties in a love triangle in "Looking embarrassed?"
(a) Unspoken knowledge shared by everyone.
(b) Lack of understanding.
(c) An unsolicited remark.
(d) A secret shared by two of the people in the group.

2. Which of the following characterizes the figure "night" in the section "And the night illuminated the night"/Night?
(a) Metaphors of darkness that describe interior states of the lover.
(b) Total ignorance of the other.
(c) The lover's favorite time of day.
(d) A sense of helplessness.

3. Which of the following terms is a definition of "atopos"?
(a) Indolent.
(b) Unclassifiable.
(c) Untranslatable.
(d) Stereotype.

4. What is another name used in The Ribbon/Objects to describe the lover's attachment to an object that belonged to the beloved?
(a) Fetishism.
(b) Nostalgia.
(c) Fanaticism.
(d) Mania.

5. In "Dedication," what effect can writing, as a form of amorous dedication, have on the other?
(a) It can make the other vain.
(b) It can smother the other.
(c) It can leave the other cold.
(d) It can inspire tenderness.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "What is to be done?" what problem does the author present?

2. In the section called "Talking," how does the lover's discourse change when the amorous subject speaks about love?

3. What is the question that worries the lover with regard to the heart?

4. In Jealousy, what does Werther's jealousy derive from, according to the author?

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

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