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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 pain of rejection that haunts him.
(b) The tendency to hallucinate the other and recreate the sense of waiting even after the relationship is over.
(c) The effects of a childhood loss that continues to affect his relationships.
(d) The story of a mandarin and a courtesan.

2. In Dark Glasses/To Hide, what main subject does the author address?
(a) The lover disguises his distrust of the other.
(b) The lover wonders to what degree he should conceal the turbulence of his passions.
(c) The lover wonders whether he should declare his love.
(d) The lover derides the other's secretiveness.

3. In the same section, what does the lover mourn when the love object is lost?
(a) The loss of belief in true love.
(b) The loss of financial security.
(c) The loss of love and desire, not the loss of the other.
(d) The loss of someone to talk to.

4. What failure does the author describe in the section entitled "Adorable?"
(a) The failure of language employed by the lover to adequately describe the loved object.
(b) The failure of the lover's desire when confronted which the actual adored object.
(c) The failure of love to live up to expectations.
(d) The failure of the loved object to respond to words like "adorable."

5. Which of the following topics describes the theme of "The Absent One/Absence?"
(a) A process whereby the lover's absence is transformed into an abandonment.
(b) The lover's lack of concern for the absent love object.
(c) The inner motivations for leaving a relationship.
(d) The role of absence in film narratives.

6. In the section entitled, "I am engulfed, I succumb," the author discusses which of the following desires?
(a) To fall into a deep sleep.
(b) To be embraced by one's lover.
(c) To lose oneself in a good story.
(d) To be overcome with emotion or to swoon.

7. How is the heart described in the section entitled "The Heart?"
(a) As a symbol of fertility.
(b) As a tired metaphor for romance.
(c) As a gift-object and an organ of desire.
(d) As a pretext for intimacy.

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

9. According to the author, what is always involved in every discourse on love, whether philosophical, gnomic, lyric, or novelistic?
(a) A desire to please.
(b) Self-doubt.
(c) Courage.
(d) A person whom one addresses.

10. At the beginning of the book, in the section entitled, "How this book is structured," what is the name that the author uses to describe the different sections of the book?
(a) Figures.
(b) Chapters.
(c) References.
(d) Abstracts.

11. The term "atopos" is associated with which of the following figures?
(a) Meno.
(b) Nietzsche.
(c) Socrates.
(d) Plato.

12. How does the lover respond to accidental contact with the desired being in the section entitled "When my finger accidentally..."?
(a) The lover remains unaffected.
(b) The lover becomes shy and nervous.
(c) The lover creates meaning from the contact.
(d) The lover feels excessive distress.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When does this desire affect the subject?

2. What is the duration of a discourse on love?

3. In "Events, Setbacks and Annoyances," which of the following describes the effect of "contingencies" on the amorous subject?

4. The section titled "All the delights of the earth"/Fulfillment is a quotation from which of the following authors?

5. What message does the lover hope to send through his asceticism?

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