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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) A sense of helplessness.
(b) Total ignorance of the other.
(c) The lover's favorite time of day.
(d) Metaphors of darkness that describe interior states of the lover.

2. What three things can shatter the ideal and protected Image of the lover according to the author?
(a) Attachment to their parents and former lovers, and desire for others.
(b) Unpaid bills, association with the mundane, and course language.
(c) The loss of their looks, their lack of interest in new things, and poor hygiene.
(d) Association with the commonplace, former lovers, and desire for others.

3. In "I am odious"/Monstrous, what does the lover refer to when he says, "I am odious?"
(a) His cowardice.
(b) His controlling behavior and lack of generosity towards the other.
(c) The tendency towards self-indulgence.
(d) His feeling s of remorse.

4. How does the lover see the other once he has established the other's atopia?
(a) As the perfect lover.
(b) As an imperfect lover.
(c) As unobtainable.
(d) As needing his protection.

5. What do the clouds symbolize in the section by the same name?
(a) The lover's darkening mood.
(b) A sense of danger.
(c) The lover's loss of hope.
(d) The other's silence.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Dedication," what effect can writing, as a form of amorous dedication, have on the other?

2. In "To Be Ascetic," the term "askesis" is associated with which of the following acts?

3. Which relationship dynamic does the section of the text entitled "Domnei" or "dependency" describe?

4. What failure does the author describe in the section entitled "Adorable?"

5. In "Inexpressible Love," what two powerful myths does the author mention?

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