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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. To which ribbon does the title of the section The Ribbon/Objects refer?
(a) Charlotte's ribbon, which Werther forms an attachment to.
(b) The narrator's mother's ribbon.
(c) The ribbon of a dead lover.
(d) A ribbon that held together a packet of love letters.

2. At Fault/faults, describes the lover's feeling of guilt that results from which of the following feelings?
(a) The subject is unfaithful to the loved being.
(b) The subject forgets an important date with the other.
(c) The subject accuses the other of something he did not do.
(d) The subject imagines he has failed the loved being by thinking for himself..

3. What causes the particular feeling, experienced by the character Werther, in the episode involving oranges?
(a) The object of desire is oblivious to his gift.
(b) The object of desire receives his gift and refuses to share it.
(c) The object of desire rejects his offering of oranges.
(d) The object of desire shares the oranges he gave her with a neighbor.

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

5. 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 the loved one's dependency.
(c) To the loved one and to that person's parents.
(d) To the opinions of society and to the opinions of the other.

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

7. To whom does the following quote belong,"I therefore have decked myself out in finery so that I might be in the company of a fine young man?"
(a) Socrates.
(b) Goethe.
(c) Proust.
(d) Gradiva.

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

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

10. Which of the following describes the lover's madness in "I am crazy"/mad?
(a) Supernatural.
(b) Metaphorical.
(c) Unconscious.
(d) Poetic.

11. In The Orange/Irksome, an episode involving oranges from the novel Werther is used to describe which of the following feelings?
(a) Unconditional love.
(b) A feeling of nausea.
(c) Fatigue.
(d) A sentiment of slight jealousy.

12. What kind of acts does the lover perform in The Last Leaf/Magic.
(a) Acts of selfless love.
(b) Acts of infidelity.
(c) Magic consultations, secret rites, and votive actions.
(d) Meditations, contemplations, and silences.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Which author does the quotation "And the night illuminated the night" come from?

3. In Love's Obscenity/Obscene, what gets characterized as obscene in contemporary society?

4. In Love's Obscenity/Obscene, what is the author's first example of obscenity?

5. What is the source of the embarrassment experienced by parties in a love triangle in "Looking embarrassed?"

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