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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. To whom is the narrator's asceticism addressed?
(a) To society.
(b) To those friends who doubt the depth of his feelings.
(c) To the other (the one who is loved).
(d) To the mother.

2. 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) References.
(c) Figures.
(d) Abstracts.

3. When does this desire affect the subject?
(a) When the subject is in a state of raw panic.
(b) When the subject is in a state of despair or fulfillment.
(c) When the subject is bored.
(d) When the subject is irritated.

4. According to the author, what happens to language the more one becomes enamored of a specific person?
(a) Language becomes irrelevant.
(b) The lover seeks to escape the constraints of language.
(c) The lover's language becomes closed off and limited.
(d) The lover's language becomes expansive and creative.

5. How does the person concealing his feelings wish to be perceived?
(a) As worthy.
(b) As tough and courageous.
(c) As unlovable.
(d) As both pathetic and admirable; child and adult.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens when one speaks of love in the objective?

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

3. In the section called "Tutti Sistemati," which of the following describes how the lover sees others?

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

5. What is the duration of a discourse on love?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. In Laetitia/To Circumscribe, what are two pleasures the narrator dreams of, and which one does he aspire to.

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

9. In "All the delights of the earth"/Fulfillment, what does the author mean when he says that fulfillments are not spoken?

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

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