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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In "To Be Ascetic," how does the narrator's asceticism take shape?
(a) Through long walks alone in the desert.
(b) Through fasting, sexual abstinence, and total seclusion.
(c) Through appearance (short hair, dark glasses) and monk-like habits (serious study, rising early).
(d) Through refusing to speak to friends about his condition.

2. The lover compares his gaze on the other's body to which of the following things?
(a) To someone reading a newspaper.
(b) To a scientist looking through a microscope.
(c) To children who disassemble a clock to see what time is.
(d) To a prisoner looking out the window.

3. In "Agony," what forms does the feeling discussed by the author take?
(a) Sadness and despondency.
(b) Impatience and irritability.
(c) Jealousy and fear of injury and abandonment.
(d) Shame in front of others.

4. Which phrase best describes the title "I have an Other-ache?"
(a) The subject experiences pain caused by an insensitive comment made by the other.
(b) The subject feels strong compassion towards the loved object when that person is suffering.
(c) The subject deeply misses the loved object when that person is absent.
(d) The subject is tired of listening to the other's problems.

5. At the beginning of the book, in the section entitled, "How this book is structured," what is the name that the author uses to describe the different sections of the book?
(a) Chapters.
(b) Figures.
(c) References.
(d) Abstracts.

Short Answer Questions

1. In this section, how is the term "karma" defined?

2. The other title of Tutti Sistemati," "pigeonholed," is associated with which of the following desires?

3. To whom is the narrator's asceticism addressed?

4. What three things can shatter the ideal and protected Image of the lover according to the author?

5. The lover associates atopia in the other with which of the following qualities?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Atopos, how does the lover see himself in relation to the other?

2. In "Adorable!," the author notes how the lover sees the other as a Whole; what does he mean?

3. How does Catastrophe discuss the "amorous catastrophe" experienced by the lover?

4. In The Heart, how does the author compare the heart to other attributes such as wit?

5. What is the ascetic process that the lover goes through in the section entitled To Be Ascetic/Askesis?

6. In "Tutti Sistemati"/Pigeonholed, how does the lover perceive the system inhabited by others?

7. In Agony/Anxiety, why does the author compare the lover to a psychotic who fears a breakdown?

8. In "When my finger accidentally. . ."/Contacts, what does the author imagine Werther's reaction to be when he accidentally touches Charlotte?

9. In Waiting, how is "the scenography of waiting" structured?

10. Describe the two affirmations of love discussed at the end of the section entitled Intractable/Affirmation.

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