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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. Which of the following phrases describes the informer in the section called The Informer?
(a) A rival.
(b) A friendly figure who wounds the subject.
(c) A malicious gossip.
(d) An enemy who tries to destroy the subject.

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

9. In The Love Letter, what single piece of information is presented with variation?
(a) I am thinking of you.
(b) I wish you were here.
(c) I desire you.
(d) Do not forget me.

10. What is the best form in which to tell the story of love?
(a) Personal letters.
(b) Poetry.
(c) Ancient, declamatory drama.
(d) The novel.

11. At the end of this section, which to spaces or realities does the author oppose?
(a) That of the lover and that of the mundane world.
(b) The city and nature.
(c) The familiar and the foreign.
(d) That of the theater and that of the mundane world.

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

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

14. In "Inexpressible Love," what two powerful myths does the author mention?
(a) That writing about love heals the heart and that everyone has a soulmate.
(b) That true love is eternal and that it is the most ancient story to tell.
(c) That true love can never be found and that only poets can write about love.
(d) That sublimated love engenders beautiful discourse and that one can write about one's passion.

15. What does the young Freud say to his fiancée in The Love Letter?
(a) I am tired of your long letters.
(b) I wish you would visit instead of writing.
(c) I shall stop writing you if you do not write me back.
(d) We must be cautious with our correspondence.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. At Fault/faults, describes the lover's feeling of guilt that results from which of the following feelings?

3. How is the sentimental subject perceived by society?

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

5. In "Dedication," the author presents an internal dialogue that accompanies which of the following acts?

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