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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. Why is the lover attached to the object?

2. 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?"

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

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

5. What is the "ordeal" described in the section called Fade-out.

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. 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.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In Obscene, the author argues that modern views make love's sentimentality obscene, therefore, the lover's refusal to abandon sentiment becomes a transgression.

- What are the negative views of sentiment? Of the lover?

- Why is the lover's sentimentality obscene? Provide examples.

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

In Jealousy, the author says that "Werther's jealousy derives from Images" (pg. 144.) Likewise, in Images (pg. 132), the author describes how Werther is affected by a particular scene involving Charlotte. The image clearly has a powerful effect on the lover. Why?

- What does the image represent?

- How does the lover interpret various images and what do they become for him?

- How does the image inform desire? (pg. 145.)

- What is the nature of the jealousy that images provoke?

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