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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 Jealousy, what does Werther's jealousy derive from, according to the author?
(a) From thoughts.
(b) From images.
(c) From insecurity.
(d) From lack of knowledge.

2. Which author does the quotation "And the night illuminated the night" come from?
(a) John of the Cross.
(b) Plato.
(c) Goethe.
(d) Freud.

3. How does the lover feel about himself when confronted with the other's atopia?
(a) He feels himself to be atopos.
(b) He feels creative.
(c) He feels himself to be classified, like everyone else.
(d) He feels depressed.

4. What does the lover struggle with in The Uncertainty of Signs?
(a) He always misinterprets signs without fail.
(b) There are so many signs to interpret that he becomes confused.
(c) There is no sure system of signs at his disposal.
(d) Signs are easy to interpret but he deliberately misreads them.

5. In the same section, the author notes that to write about love is to "confront the muck of language"; which of the following describes this problem?
(a) Language has too many meanings and cannot be controlled.
(b) Language is becomes indecipherable.
(c) Language is degraded and common.
(d) Language is paradoxically both too much and not enough.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "I am odious"/Monstrous, what does the lover's discourse do to the other?

2. In Regretted?, which of the following troubling things does Werther overhear?

3. What does the lover seek to "read" on the other's body?

4. What kind of solitude does the figure "No clergyman attended"/Alone discuss?

5. What does the lover give the other when he offers a gift?

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