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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In this section, how is the term "karma" defined?

3. What does the lover seek to "read" on the other's body?

4. In "Agony," what forms does the feeling discussed by the author take?

5. The lover associates atopia in the other with which of the following qualities?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Atopos, how does the lover associate the other with innocence?

2. How does Catastrophe discuss the "amorous catastrophe" experienced by the lover?

3. In Laetitia/To Circumscribe, what are two pleasures the narrator dreams of, and which one does he aspire to.

4. In "I have an Other-ache"/Compassion, in relation to the other's suffering, the lover sees himself as a Mother, but an insufficient one-why?

5. Discuss the function of the dark glasses in Dark Glasses/To Hide.

6. Discuss the example of Werther's love for Charlotte that the author uses to explain annulment in To Love Love/Annulment.

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

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

9. In Agony/Anxiety, why does the author compare the lover to a psychotic who fears a breakdown?

10. Describe the lover's predicament with regard to understanding love in "I want to understand."

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In Ravishment, the myth of love at first sight is discussed at length. Love at first sight or ravishment is in fact drawn explicitly from the image-repertoire.

- How does the text describe love at first sight?

- What are the conditions needed for it to occur?

- How does the visual function, e.g. what is the significance of the "scene?"

- How does the aural function?

- Does love at first sight really happen, or is it something that takes shape in the lover's mind upon reflection?

Essay Topic 2

The lover goes through a process of identification in Habiliment (pg. 126) and Identification (pg. 129.) This identification structures the lover's view of himself in the love relationship, both through his view of the beloved and of other lovers.

- Describe how the lover identifies with the other. How does his identification present itself?

- How is clothing involved in this process?

- In Identifications (pg. 129), what shape does the lover's identification take? With whom does he identify and why?

- How was this process of identification shown historically?

Essay Topic 3

Elaborate on the notion that the word "adorable" (Adorable, p. 18) represents a failure in language.

- Why, and on whose part, does this this failure occur?

- How does the lover view his desire and how does this affect his relationship to language?

- How does the term "adorable" function?

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