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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. In the figure Identifications, with whom or what does the lover identify?
(a) With every character or person who occupies the same place in love as he does.
(b) With anyone who cannot find their ideal mate.
(c) With the oppressed.
(d) With images of death.

2. To introduce the figure Gossip, which of the following scenes does the author employ?
(a) From Plato's Symposium, a conversation between two travelers meeting on the road from Phalerum.
(b) An anonymous poem about gossiping neighbors.
(c) A story told by the narrator of In Search of Things Past by Proust.
(d) A conversation between Charlotte and her circle of friends in the novel Werther.

3. What is the "ordeal" described in the section called Fade-out.
(a) For no apparent reason the loved being withdraws from all contact.
(b) The loved being's mother dies.
(c) The lover's favorite jeans fade.
(d) The loved being's physical beauty begins to fade.

4. What do a person's tears prove to him?
(a) That his love is real.
(b) That he is weak.
(c) That he must cultivate poetry.
(d) That he has lost touch with reality.

5. What observation is made about the amorous subject in the section In Praise of Tears/Crying?
(a) He is emotionally immature.
(b) He has a propensity for tears.
(c) He dislikes it when the other cries.
(d) He represses his tears.

Short Answer Questions

1. What uncomfortable realization does the lover have about the loved being in Tenderness?

2. At Fault/faults, describes the lover's feeling of guilt that results from which of the following feelings?

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

4. In the section titled "I want to understand," what is the subject trying to understand?

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

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