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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. Which of the following characterizes the figure "night" in the section "And the night illuminated the night"/Night?
(a) Total ignorance of the other.
(b) The lover's favorite time of day.
(c) Metaphors of darkness that describe interior states of the lover.
(d) A sense of helplessness.

2. According to the author, how does the world frequently characterize love incorrectly?
(a) As an either/or situation: a matter of success or failure, victory or defeat.
(b) As the ultimate goal for every single person.
(c) As a compromise that must be endured for the sake of society.
(d) As impossible, and therefore more desirable.

3. How does the lover respond to accidental contact with the desired being in the section entitled "When my finger accidentally..."?
(a) The lover feels excessive distress.
(b) The lover remains unaffected.
(c) The lover creates meaning from the contact.
(d) The lover becomes shy and nervous.

4. What does the lover realize about the other in this section?
(a) The the other will reject him.
(b) That he will never possess the other.
(c) That the other is feeling restless.
(d) That he has to possess the other at all costs.

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. In Ideas of Suicide, whose suicide is discussed?

2. Blue Coat and Yellow Vest/Habiliment refers, in general, to which kind of clothing?

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

4. What causes the particular feeling, experienced by the character Werther, in the episode involving oranges?

5. How does the lover feel about himself when confronted with the other's atopia?

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