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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In the same section, what does the narrator refer to when he says: "I am an amputee who still feels pain in his missing leg?"
(a) The effects of a childhood loss that continues to affect his relationships.
(b) The pain of rejection that haunts him.
(c) The story of a mandarin and a courtesan.
(d) The tendency to hallucinate the other and recreate the sense of waiting even after the relationship is over.

2. When does this desire affect the subject?
(a) When the subject is bored.
(b) When the subject is irritated.
(c) When the subject is in a state of raw panic.
(d) When the subject is in a state of despair or fulfillment.

3. In "The Tip of the Nose/Alteration," what does "the tip of the nose" refer to?
(a) A figure in a Flemish painting.
(b) A photograph of the author's mother.
(c) The slightly decayed nose of a disinterred corpse.
(d) The nose of a German poet.

4. In "Events, Setbacks and Annoyances," which of the following describes the effect of "contingencies" on the amorous subject?
(a) The amorous subject's happiness is increased by random events.
(b) The amorous subject is oblivious to random events.
(c) The amorous subject is ambivalent about random events.
(d) The amorous subject's happiness is destroyed by random events.

5. What effect does the other's atopia have on language?
(a) It makes language indecisive and false; the other cannot be qualified.
(b) It makes the lover take refuge in falsehoods.
(c) It inspires the lover to new and better descriptions of the other.
(d) It does not have any effect on language.

6. What is the duration of a discourse on love?
(a) A decade or more.
(b) It is interminable.
(c) Five months.
(d) One year.

7. What language does the word "atopos" come from?
(a) Greek.
(b) Gaelic.
(c) Hebrew.
(d) Latin.

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

9. In this section, "understand your madness" is a phrase uttered by which one of the following figures?
(a) Zeus.
(b) Apollo.
(c) Dionysus.
(d) Orpheus.

10. "The Other's Body" divides the other's body into two parts: what are they?
(a) The body proper such as the skin, eyes, and the voice.
(b) Flesh and spirit.
(c) The emotional and the physical.
(d) The imagined body and the actual body.

11. In Dark Glasses/To Hide, what paradox is revealed in the act of concealment?
(a) The other reveals a lot about himself by being secretive.
(b) The other must know that the lover does not want to show his feelings.
(c) The lover does not bother to ask the other how he feels.
(d) The lover reveals his lack of respect for the other.

12. In the section titled "I want to understand," what is the subject trying to understand?
(a) The meaning of life.
(b) What it means to feel secure.
(c) Himself and what it means to be "in love."
(d) The nature of trust.

13. What are the advantages of the act of annulment?
(a) The lover can seek out a new love interest.
(b) The lover can take on a new identity.
(c) The lover is never without the attentions of the beloved.
(d) The lover retreats into the idea of love when threatened by injury or jealousy.

14. In "What is to be done?" which of the following describes the behavior of the amorous subject?
(a) Needy.
(b) Awkwardly silent.
(c) Everything is over-interpreted and spontaneity becomes impossible.
(d) Self-indulgent with little concern for others' feelings.

15. In "To Be Ascetic," the term "askesis" is associated with which of the following acts?
(a) Foreign travel.
(b) Self-punishment and gentle retreat.
(c) Meditation.
(d) Complete rejection of society.

Short Answer Questions

1. The section entitled "Catastrophe" refers to two systems of despair. What are they?

2. What is the slightly longer characterization the author uses to describe the different sections of the book?

3. According to this section in the text, what is the best reaction to the other's suffering?

4. What happens when one speaks of love in the objective?

5. In this section, what does the lover hope to achieve by touching the other?

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