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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 Ideas of Suicide, what is Gide's reaction to Werther's death?
(a) He is relieved that Werther no longer suffers.
(b) He is indifferent.
(c) He is irritated that it takes him so long to die.
(d) He is very sad because he identifies with the character.

2. What does the term "alteration" refer to in this section of the text?
(a) To a sewing procedure, which is a metaphor in the text.
(b) To the production of a counter-image of the loved object.
(c) To the rejection of perfection by the lover.
(d) To the missing tip of a nose, and nothing else.

3. "Connivance" describes a situation of connivance that occurs between which two people?
(a) The amorous subject and the object of love.
(b) The object of love and the lover's rival.
(c) The amorous subject and his mother.
(d) The amorous subject and his rival.

4. Match the term "loquela" with the correct phrase.
(a) "I keep swallowing and regurgitating my wound."
(b) "I doom myself to blackmail."
(c) "I fall in love again and again."
(d) "I know that you know that I know."

5. Union evokes which of the following authors and theories?
(a) Plato and the theory of the Hermaphrodite.
(b) Freud and the theory of the unconscious.
(c) Freud and the theory of violence.
(d) Lacan's "mirror stage."

Short Answer Questions

1. To introduce the figure Gossip, which of the following scenes does the author employ?

2. The lover compares his gaze on the other's body to which of the following things?

3. In Dark Glasses/To Hide, what main subject does the author address?

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

5. Which of the following topics describes the theme of "The Absent One/Absence?"

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