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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 do the clouds symbolize in the section by the same name?
(a) The lover's darkening mood.
(b) The other's silence.
(c) A sense of danger.
(d) The lover's loss of hope.

2. In "I am odious"/Monstrous, what does the lover refer to when he says, "I am odious?"
(a) The tendency towards self-indulgence.
(b) His cowardice.
(c) His feeling s of remorse.
(d) His controlling behavior and lack of generosity towards the other.

3. In "Domnei," which two things is the narrator subject to?
(a) To the loved one and to the loved one's dependency.
(b) To the opinions of society and to the opinions of the other.
(c) To the other's dependency and to that of the other's children.
(d) To the loved one and to that person's parents.

4. Why is the lover attached to the object?
(a) It smells like the other's perfume.
(b) It is nostalgic.
(c) It is seen as an extension of the loved one's body.
(d) Because he is irrational.

5. In "Show me whom to desire"/Induction, the narrator notes that there is no desire without _________________.
(a) Sadness.
(b) Prohibition.
(c) Intrigue.
(d) Confusion.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which famous composer does the author quote in the section on crying?

2. What is the narrator's definition of the image in the section Images?

3. What does the lover's condition cause him to do in "We are our own demons?"

4. How does Werther fall in love with Charlotte in the section "Show me whom to desire/Induction?"

5. In Exiled from the Image-repertoire/Exile, the idea of exile can be associated with which of the following things?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What kind of scenes does the lover image in Ideas of Solution/Outcomes?

3. List some of the scenarios described by the narrator to illustrate the sense of disreality in The World Thunderstruck/Disreality.

4. 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.

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

6. In Domnei/Dependency, what does the lover mean when he says: "I am twice subject?"

7. In Inexpressible Love/To Write, what does the narrator suggest when he says "I cannot write myself"?

8. Describe the type of jealousy displayed by Werther in the figure Jealousy.

9. Describe the lover's process of identification, as seen in the character Werther, in the section entitled Identifications.

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

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