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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. Why is the lover attached to the object?
(a) It smells like the other's perfume.
(b) Because he is irrational.
(c) It is nostalgic.
(d) It is seen as an extension of the loved one's body.

2. To whom is the narrator's asceticism addressed?
(a) To the mother.
(b) To those friends who doubt the depth of his feelings.
(c) To the other (the one who is loved).
(d) To society.

3. When the narrator states that "the other whom I love...is atopos," what does he mean?
(a) The other is unobtainable.
(b) The other is unfaithful.
(c) The other is unique.
(d) The other is a stereotype.

4. What does the narrator do to escape the perception of "disreality?'
(a) Visits a therapist to discuss the crisis.
(b) Drinks more coffee.
(c) Tries to participate in banal conversations and discourse.
(d) Takes a walk in nature.

5. According to the author, who carries out the "discourse of absence" historically?
(a) The Man.
(b) The mother.
(c) The father.
(d) The Woman.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "What is to be done?" which of the following describes the behavior of the amorous subject?

2. When does this desire affect the subject?

3. What does the lover imagine and worry about in the figure 'Regretted?'

4. What happens to desire when the lover tries to resist the will to possess?

5. What is the dual nature of the figure of Gradiva?

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