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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the lover's condition cause him to do in "We are our own demons?"
(a) To cry frequently and need reassurance.
(b) To place the body and its fulfillment before everything else.
(c) To inflict harm on himself; to expel himself from love's paradise.
(d) To laugh and celebrate.

2. What do a person's tears prove to him?
(a) That he is weak.
(b) That he must cultivate poetry.
(c) That he has lost touch with reality.
(d) That his love is real.

3. What does the narrator do to escape the perception of "disreality?'
(a) Visits a therapist to discuss the crisis.
(b) Takes a walk in nature.
(c) Drinks more coffee.
(d) Tries to participate in banal conversations and discourse.

4. What does the author note about crying in the modern era?
(a) Crying does not tell more than words.
(b) It is no longer acceptable for men to cry, especially in public.
(c) Everyone cries too easily.
(d) It is seen as unhealthy to cry.

5. In Clouds, why is Herr Schmidt upset?
(a) Werther deliberately tries to aggravate him.
(b) Werther is nice to his fiancée Frederika.
(c) He has had a bad day and decides to take it out on those present.
(d) The church is locked and they cannot get in.

6. In "Domnei," which two things is the narrator subject to?
(a) To the other's dependency and to that of the other's children.
(b) To the loved one and to that person's parents.
(c) To the loved one and to the loved one's dependency.
(d) To the opinions of society and to the opinions of the other.

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

8. What is the dual nature of the figure of Gradiva?
(a) Salvation and torment.
(b) Union and separation.
(c) Knowledge and ignorance.
(d) Love and hate.

9. Where does the name Gradiva derive from?
(a) One of Sigmund Freud's female patients.
(b) A goddess from classical Greek mythology.
(c) A book in which the delirious hero mistakes an image for the actual woman he loves.
(d) A play about a 19th-century society woman.

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

11. In "Exuberance," which two literary characters does the author compare to discuss the "economy of pure expenditure" in love?
(a) Werther and Albert from the novel Werther.
(b) The narrator and Charlus from the novel The Guermantes' Way.
(c) Apollo and Dionysus from Greek mythology.
(d) Werther and Charlotte from the novel Werther.

12. What image does the author evoke to represent the "exuberance" that results from constantly expending love?
(a) A deep well.
(b) A vast desert.
(c) An overflowing fountain.
(d) A wild ocean.

13. Which famous composer does the author quote in the section on crying?
(a) Verdi.
(b) Satie.
(c) Bach.
(d) Shubert.

14. What is another name used in The Ribbon/Objects to describe the lover's attachment to an object that belonged to the beloved?
(a) Mania.
(b) Fanaticism.
(c) Nostalgia.
(d) Fetishism.

15. In "Dedication," what effect can writing, as a form of amorous dedication, have on the other?
(a) It can smother the other.
(b) It can make the other vain.
(c) It can leave the other cold.
(d) It can inspire tenderness.

Short Answer Questions

1. What clothing is Werther wearing when he first dances with Charlotte?

2. Select the outcome(s) with which the section Ideas of Solution/Outcomes is concerned.

3. What observation is made about the amorous subject in the section In Praise of Tears/Crying?

4. "I am crazy"/Mad, what does the lover realize in his madness?

5. To what does the "ghost ship," in the section entitled The Ghost Ship/Errantry refer?

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