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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 does the subtitle of this section, "to circumscribe," refer to?
(a) The lover's attempt to circumscribe pain.
(b) The lover's attempt to circumscribe boredom.
(c) The lover's attempt to circumscribe pleasure.
(d) The lover's refusal to circumscribe pleasure.

2. At the beginning of the book, in the section entitled, "How this book is structured," what is the name that the author uses to describe the different sections of the book?
(a) References.
(b) Chapters.
(c) Abstracts.
(d) Figures.

3. According to the author, what happens to language the more one becomes enamored of a specific person?
(a) Language becomes irrelevant.
(b) The lover's language becomes expansive and creative.
(c) The lover seeks to escape the constraints of language.
(d) The lover's language becomes closed off and limited.

4. What is the verb tense associated with remembrance?
(a) The past perfect.
(b) The present.
(c) The imperfect.
(d) The conditional.

5. In the section on agony, to what does the narrator compare the steady progress of the emotional state he experiences?
(a) To Werther feeling a sense of hopelessness.
(b) To the story of Tristan and Isolde.
(c) To Socrates feeling the cold of the hemlock rising in his body.
(d) To Gide riding a train.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following phrases describes the informer in the section called The Informer?

2. In Clouds, why is Herr Schmidt upset?

3. In Jealousy, what does Werther's jealousy derive from, according to the author?

4. What does the lover struggle with in The Uncertainty of Signs?

5. How is the sentimental subject perceived by society?

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