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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. The lover associates atopia in the other with which of the following qualities?
(a) Secrecy.
(b) Indolence.
(c) Intelligence.
(d) Innocence.

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

3. When the narrator states that "the other whom I love...is atopos," what does he mean?
(a) The other is unfaithful.
(b) The other is unobtainable.
(c) The other is unique.
(d) The other is a stereotype.

4. In the section entitled "To Love Love," the term "annulment" refers to which of the following issues?
(a) The object of desire rejects the lover's advances.
(b) The lover's desire annuls the lover's personal friendships.
(c) The object of desire smothers the lover with excessive attention.
(d) The lover's desire annuls the other.

5. What effect does the other's atopia have on language?
(a) It inspires the lover to new and better descriptions of the other.
(b) It does not have any effect on language.
(c) It makes the lover take refuge in falsehoods.
(d) It makes language indecisive and false; the other cannot be qualified.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the question that worries the lover with regard to the heart?

2. What language does the word "atopos" come from?

3. In "What is to be done?" what problem does the author present?

4. "Intractable/Affirmation" discusses which of the following themes?

5. According to the author, how does the world frequently characterize love incorrectly?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Discuss the example of Werther's love for Charlotte that the author uses to explain annulment in To Love Love/Annulment.

4. In the section called The Tip of the Nose/Alteration, the author uses a scene between Werther and Charlotte from the novel Werther to represent the lover's change in attitude toward the loved one. What happens in this scene and what does it demonstrate?

5. What is the lover's attitude towards choice in "What is to be done?"/Behavior?

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

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

8. In Atopos, how does the lover associate the other with innocence?

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

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

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