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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 Unknowable describes which of the following situations?
(a) The meaning of love is unknowable.
(b) The past is unknowable.
(c) The lover realizes that the loved being is unknowable.
(d) The lover will never know how to achieve happiness.

2. Match the term "loquela" with the correct phrase.
(a) "I fall in love again and again."
(b) "I know that you know that I know."
(c) "I doom myself to blackmail."
(d) "I keep swallowing and regurgitating my wound."

3. Which of the following best describes the lover's state in "We are our own demons?"
(a) Possessed by inner demons.
(b) Tired of life and its demons.
(c) Indulging in many temptations.
(d) Triumphant over his inner demons

4. Blue Coat and Yellow Vest/Habiliment refers, in general, to which kind of clothing?
(a) That worn by the subject during the amorous encounter or with the intention to seduce.
(b) What the subject hopes to see the object of love wear.
(c) That which the lover borrows from the loved being.
(d) The clothes worn by the object of love at their first meeting.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How is the sensibility of the amorous subject described in the section entitled "Flayed?"

2. Which of the following phrases describes the informer in the section called The Informer?

3. What do the clouds symbolize in the section by the same name?

4. Select the outcome(s) with which the section Ideas of Solution/Outcomes is concerned.

5. What causes the particular feeling, experienced by the character Werther, in the episode involving oranges?

Short Essay Questions

1. Exuberance/Expenditure: Discuss the contrast the author makes between the characters Werther and Albert.

2. Briefly describe the process of induction in the figure "Show me whom to desire"/Induction.

3. In the section I Love You, what happens to the amorous subject when he finally here's the words "I love you" returned to him? Cite a couple examples.

4. "Looking embarrassed"/Embarrassment: Describe the scene of embarrassment from Werther cited in this section.

5. In The Dedication, how does the act of giving follow "the family model"?

6. Describe the lover's struggle with demons in "We are our own demons"/Demons.

7. The Unknowable has to do with the lover's ability, or lack thereof, to know the other: what conclusion does the lover come to in this section?

8. Novel/Drama: Why does the form in which a love story is told matter?

9. Describe the relation between the informer, the lover, and the loved being in The Informer.

10. Describe the scenario in At Fault/Faults between the lover and the loved one at the train station.

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