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

2. What image does the author evoke to represent the "exuberance" that results from constantly expending love?
(a) A wild ocean.
(b) A deep well.
(c) An overflowing fountain.
(d) A vast desert.

3. 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?"
(a) Goethe.
(b) Socrates.
(c) Proust.
(d) Gradiva.

4. What does the lover acknowledge in This can't go on/Unbearable?
(a) The end of desire.
(b) The sacrifices the other has made.
(c) The Unknowable.
(d) The Unbearable.

5. Which of the following scenarios is described in No Answer/Silence?
(a) The amorous subject is discouraged by the other's distracted silence.
(b) The lover is anxious because his calls go unanswered.
(c) The amorous subject does not like to be alone.
(d) The lover is anxious because his letters remain unanswered.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the lover give the other when he offers a gift?

2. How is the sentimental subject perceived by society?

3. In "The Tip of the Nose/Alteration," what does "the tip of the nose" refer to?

4. According to the author, who carries out the "discourse of absence" historically?

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

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