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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. Which of the following describes the lover's madness in "I am crazy"/mad?
(a) Metaphorical.
(b) Unconscious.
(c) Supernatural.
(d) Poetic.

2. What literary lover did thousands of young men identify with and imitate in their dress and actions?
(a) Albert.
(b) Herr Schmidt.
(c) Heinrich.
(d) Werther.

3. What is the narrator's definition of the image in the section Images?
(a) The lover's fantasy of the beloved.
(b) A visual feast.
(c) A romantic painting.
(d) That from which I am excluded.

4. At Fault/faults, describes the lover's feeling of guilt that results from which of the following feelings?
(a) The subject forgets an important date with the other.
(b) The subject is unfaithful to the loved being.
(c) The subject accuses the other of something he did not do.
(d) The subject imagines he has failed the loved being by thinking for himself..

5. What is the "ordeal" described in the section called Fade-out.
(a) For no apparent reason the loved being withdraws from all contact.
(b) The loved being's physical beauty begins to fade.
(c) The lover's favorite jeans fade.
(d) The loved being's mother dies.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "The World Thunderstruck," what does the subheading "disreality" or déréalité refer to?

2. What observation is made about the amorous subject in the section In Praise of Tears/Crying?

3. To whom does the following quote belong,"I therefore have decked myself out in finery so that I might be in the company of a fine young man?"

4. How is the sentimental subject perceived by society?

5. To what does the "ghost ship," in the section entitled The Ghost Ship/Errantry refer?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Describe the functioning of the loquela in the section entitled The Loquela.

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

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

5. 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.

6. What object does the lover compare himself to in This can't go on/Unbearable?

7. In The Ghost Ship/Errantry, why is the lover doomed to wander?

8. "I am crazy"/Mad: How is the lover's madness metaphorical?

9. Briefly state what Werther writes in his letter to Charlotte and what it signifies in The Love Letter/Letter.

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

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