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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 183 through 234.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What clothing is Werther wearing when he first dances with Charlotte?
(a) A white shirt and riding boots.
(b) Old work clothes.
(c) A formal black suit.
(d) A blue coat and yellow vest.

2. The term "atopos" is associated with which of the following figures?
(a) Meno.
(b) Plato.
(c) Nietzsche.
(d) Socrates.

3. What does the lover seek to "read" on the other's body?
(a) Unexpressed thoughts.
(b) The cause of his desire.
(c) Evidence of imperfection.
(d) The meaning of beauty.

4. What does that composer claim regarding tears?
(a) One tear will say more than words.
(b) Never let your lover see you cry.
(c) Poetry is more eloquent than tears.
(d) Tears are for the weak and unmanly.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the verb tense associated with remembrance?

2. In the figure Why?, which of the following phrases describes the lover's state of mind?

3. In The Love Letter, what single piece of information is presented with variation?

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

5. The Unknowable describes which of the following situations?

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