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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. What does the term "alteration" refer to in this section of the text?
(a) To the production of a counter-image of the loved object.
(b) To the missing tip of a nose, and nothing else.
(c) To a sewing procedure, which is a metaphor in the text.
(d) To the rejection of perfection by the lover.

2. In this section, what does the lover hope to achieve by touching the other?
(a) Sympathy from the other.
(b) A response, an interplay of meaning with the other.
(c) Understanding from the other.
(d) Compassion from the other.

3. In the section called "Talking," how does the lover's discourse change when the amorous subject speaks about love?
(a) From a rejection of love to a a declaration of love.
(b) From a personal declaration of love to an abstract philosophical discourse about love.
(c) From an abstract philosophical discourse about love to a personal declaration of love.
(d) From a declaration of love to a renouncement of love.

4. Which of the following topics describes the theme of "The Absent One/Absence?"
(a) A process whereby the lover's absence is transformed into an abandonment.
(b) The inner motivations for leaving a relationship.
(c) The role of absence in film narratives.
(d) The lover's lack of concern for the absent love object.

5. What three things can shatter the ideal and protected Image of the lover according to the author?
(a) Unpaid bills, association with the mundane, and course language.
(b) Attachment to their parents and former lovers, and desire for others.
(c) Association with the commonplace, former lovers, and desire for others.
(d) The loss of their looks, their lack of interest in new things, and poor hygiene.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. The section titled "All the delights of the earth"/Fulfillment is a quotation from which of the following authors?

3. The section entitled "Catastrophe" refers to two systems of despair. What are they?

4. The lover compares his gaze on the other's body to which of the following things?

5. What does the "fulfillment" or comblement of the title refer to?

Short Essay Questions

1. In The Absent One/Absence, how does the lover interpret the other's absence?

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. 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?

9. Describe the effect that the lover hope to achieve by adopting ascetic behavior.

10. How does the mother-child relationship relate to the lover's feelings about the other's absence?

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