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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Blue Coat and Yellow Vest/Habiliment refers, in general, to which kind of clothing?
(a) That worn by the subject during the amorous encounter or with the intention to seduce.
(b) What the subject hopes to see the object of love wear.
(c) That which the lover borrows from the loved being.
(d) The clothes worn by the object of love at their first meeting.

2. Which of the following scenarios is described in No Answer/Silence?
(a) The amorous subject does not like to be alone.
(b) The lover is anxious because his calls go unanswered.
(c) The amorous subject is discouraged by the other's distracted silence.
(d) The lover is anxious because his letters remain unanswered.

3. How is the sensibility of the amorous subject described in the section entitled "Flayed?"
(a) Prone to negativity.
(b) Vulnerable and sensitive to ridicule.
(c) Detached.
(d) Aggressive.

4. Which of the following best describes the lover's state in "We are our own demons?"
(a) Tired of life and its demons.
(b) Possessed by inner demons.
(c) Triumphant over his inner demons
(d) Indulging in many temptations.

5. What does the lover acknowledge in This can't go on/Unbearable?
(a) The end of desire.
(b) The Unbearable.
(c) The sacrifices the other has made.
(d) The Unknowable.

6. In Exiled from the Image-repertoire/Exile, the idea of exile can be associated with which of the following things?
(a) Leaving behind old images of the self.
(b) Leaving one's country of birth.
(c) Amorous mourning; abandoning the image of the other.
(d) Mourning the death on a loved one.

7. In the section called Fade-out, where does the other's fade-out reside?
(a) In the other's appearance.
(b) In the lover's silence.
(c) In the lover's memory.
(d) In the other's voice.

8. What does that composer claim regarding tears?
(a) One tear will say more than words.
(b) Tears are for the weak and unmanly.
(c) Poetry is more eloquent than tears.
(d) Never let your lover see you cry.

9. "I am crazy"/Mad, what does the lover realize in his madness?
(a) I am not someone else.
(b) "I" is an other.
(c) The other is mad as well.
(d) Madness is an illness.

10. 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.

11. In Love's Obscenity/Obscene, what is the author's first example of obscenity?
(a) A poem by Sappho.
(b) Each occasion in the text that the word "love" is used.
(c) A Japanese haiku about love.
(d) Werther's obvious love for Charlotte.

12. What is the source of the embarrassment experienced by parties in a love triangle in "Looking embarrassed?"
(a) Lack of understanding.
(b) An unsolicited remark.
(c) Unspoken knowledge shared by everyone.
(d) A secret shared by two of the people in the group.

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

14. In "The World Thunderstruck," what does the subheading "disreality" or déréalité refer to?
(a) The lover's nervous breakdown after a break up.
(b) The feelings that arise during a late night at work.
(c) The amorous subject's state of mind upon waking.
(d) The anxious lover's feeling of withdrawal from the world and his surroundings.

15. What is the "ordeal" described in the section called Fade-out.
(a) For no apparent reason the loved being withdraws from all contact.
(b) The loved being's physical beauty begins to fade.
(c) The loved being's mother dies.
(d) The lover's favorite jeans fade.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "I am odious"/Monstrous, what does the lover's discourse do to the other?

2. Which one of the following authors does Barthes cite in this section on the demonic life of a lover?

3. What topic does the figure I Love You discuss?

4. What is the preferred response to the utterance "I love you?"

5. "In the loving calm of your arms" describes the embrace of total union between lovers. What contradiction does the lover experience?

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