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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. How is the sensibility of the amorous subject described in the section entitled "Flayed?"
(a) Detached.
(b) Aggressive.
(c) Vulnerable and sensitive to ridicule.
(d) Prone to negativity.

2. In Blue Coat and Yellow Vest/habiliment, what specifically does the "blue coat and yellow vest" refer to?
(a) To the costume of travelers.
(b) To clothing worn by the character Werther.
(c) To the narrator's favorite outfit.
(d) To clothing worn by the other that becomes a fetish object.

3. 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 imagines he has failed the loved being by thinking for himself..
(c) The subject accuses the other of something he did not do.
(d) The subject is unfaithful to the loved being.

4. Which of the following characterizes the figure "night" in the section "And the night illuminated the night"/Night?
(a) A sense of helplessness.
(b) The lover's favorite time of day.
(c) Metaphors of darkness that describe interior states of the lover.
(d) Total ignorance of the other.

5. In "The World Thunderstruck," what does the subheading "disreality" or déréalité refer to?
(a) The anxious lover's feeling of withdrawal from the world and his surroundings.
(b) The amorous subject's state of mind upon waking.
(c) The lover's nervous breakdown after a break up.
(d) The feelings that arise during a late night at work.

Short Answer Questions

1. What literary lover did thousands of young men identify with and imitate in their dress and actions?

2. In "Inexpressible Love," what two powerful myths does the author mention?

3. What image does the author evoke to represent the "exuberance" that results from constantly expending love?

4. What does the young Freud say to his fiancée in The Love Letter?

5. What clothing is Werther wearing when he first dances with Charlotte?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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. 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.

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

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

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