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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 are the disadvantages of the act of annulment?
(a) The lover becomes tired of constantly seeking new partners.
(b) The lover has to fight for autonomy and a sense of self.
(c) There is a sense of claustrophobia on the part of the lover.
(d) The lover suffers from seeing the other diminished and excluded from the sentiment he or she provoked.

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. According to this section in the text, what is the best reaction to the other's suffering?
(a) Detachment, delicacy, and compassion.
(b) Empathy, advice, and affection.
(c) Sympathy, delicacy, and reassurance.
(d) Compassion, moral support, and physical contact.

4. In the section called "Tutti Sistemati," which of the following describes how the lover sees others?
(a) As irrelevant compared to the object of love.
(b) As a threat to the lover's happiness.
(c) As not having any place in a private world in which the lover is king.
(d) As having a particular place in a system from which the lover is excluded.

5. What does the young Freud say to his fiancée in The Love Letter?
(a) I am tired of your long letters.
(b) I shall stop writing you if you do not write me back.
(c) I wish you would visit instead of writing.
(d) We must be cautious with our correspondence.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the clouds symbolize in the section by the same name?

2. In the section entitled "Waiting," which of the following processes is described?

3. How is the heart described in the section entitled "The Heart?"

4. Select the outcome(s) with which the section Ideas of Solution/Outcomes is concerned.

5. In "Inexpressible Love," what two powerful myths does the author mention?

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