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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What is the definition of languor offered in the section Love's Languor?
(a) A continuous state of amorous desire without the will to possess.
(b) A feeling of drowsiness after an evening with the beloved.
(c) A feeling of pleasurable melancholy.
(d) A feeling of gentle laziness.

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

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

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

7. What observation is made about the amorous subject in the section In Praise of Tears/Crying?
(a) He has a propensity for tears.
(b) He is emotionally immature.
(c) He represses his tears.
(d) He dislikes it when the other cries.

8. In the same section, the author notes that to write about love is to "confront the muck of language"; which of the following describes this problem?
(a) Language has too many meanings and cannot be controlled.
(b) Language is becomes indecipherable.
(c) Language is degraded and common.
(d) Language is paradoxically both too much and not enough.

9. What causes the particular feeling, experienced by the character Werther, in the episode involving oranges?
(a) The object of desire shares the oranges he gave her with a neighbor.
(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 is oblivious to his gift.

10. How is the sentimental subject perceived by society?
(a) As worthy of sympathy.
(b) As irritating.
(c) As stupid, unseemly, and laughable.
(d) As worthy of admiration.

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

12. Which author does the quotation "And the night illuminated the night" come from?
(a) John of the Cross.
(b) Goethe.
(c) Freud.
(d) Plato.

13. 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) Nostalgia.
(c) Fetishism.
(d) Fanaticism.

14. In the figure Identifications, with whom or what does the lover identify?
(a) With every character or person who occupies the same place in love as he does.
(b) With the oppressed.
(c) With anyone who cannot find their ideal mate.
(d) With images of death.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In "Special Days"/Festivity, what analogy is used to describe the lover's meeting with the loved being?

3. Which of the following best describes the lover's state in "We are our own demons?"

4. What does the narrator do to escape the perception of "disreality?'

5. Where does the name Gradiva derive from?

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