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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 does the lover's condition cause him to do in "We are our own demons?"
(a) To inflict harm on himself; to expel himself from love's paradise.
(b) To laugh and celebrate.
(c) To cry frequently and need reassurance.
(d) To place the body and its fulfillment before everything else.

2. What language does the word "atopos" come from?
(a) Latin.
(b) Gaelic.
(c) Hebrew.
(d) Greek.

3. In Love's Obscenity/Obscene, what is the author's first example of obscenity?
(a) Each occasion in the text that the word "love" is used.
(b) A poem by Sappho.
(c) A Japanese haiku about love.
(d) Werther's obvious love for Charlotte.

4. In "Catastrophe," what causes the lover's panic?
(a) The inability to recover the self when the lover is absent.
(b) The lover's fear of intimacy.
(c) The other's loss of memory.
(d) The potential for rejection.

5. In Blue Coat and Yellow Vest/habiliment, what specifically does the "blue coat and yellow vest" refer to?
(a) To clothing worn by the other that becomes a fetish object.
(b) To the narrator's favorite outfit.
(c) To clothing worn by the character Werther.
(d) To the costume of travelers.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?"

2. Blue Coat and Yellow Vest/Habiliment refers, in general, to which kind of clothing?

3. What causes the particular feeling, experienced by the character Werther, in the episode involving oranges?

4. What are the disadvantages of the act of annulment?

5. What happens when one speaks of love in the objective?

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