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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. What does the lover's condition cause him to do in "We are our own demons?"
2. In "Dedication," what effect can writing, as a form of amorous dedication, have on the other?
3. In Exiled from the Image-repertoire/Exile, the idea of exile can be associated with which of the following things?
4. Which of the following characterizes the figure "night" in the section "And the night illuminated the night"/Night?
5. "In the loving calm of your arms" describes the embrace of total union between lovers. What contradiction does the lover experience?
Short Essay Questions
1. In The Ghost Ship/Errantry, why is the lover doomed to wander?
2. 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?
3. Exuberance/Expenditure: Discuss the contrast the author makes between the characters Werther and Albert.
4. How does the section Fade-Out connect the loved beings withdrawal with the Mother?
5. Describe the relation between the informer, the lover, and the loved being in The Informer.
6. What object does the lover compare himself to in This can't go on/Unbearable?
7. Describe the scenario in At Fault/Faults between the lover and the loved one at the train station.
8. List some of the scenarios described by the narrator to illustrate the sense of disreality in The World Thunderstruck/Disreality.
9. "Looking embarrassed"/Embarrassment: Describe the scene of embarrassment from Werther cited in this section.
10. Briefly state what Werther writes in his letter to Charlotte and what it signifies in The Love Letter/Letter.
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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?
Essay Topic 2
On the first page of the book, the author claims that the lover's discourse functions as an affirmation. He discusses this affirmation again in Affirmation (pg. 22), Alone (p. 210) and Signs (p. 214).
- What is the status of love and of the lover's discourse in society?
- What is it defining itself against and why? Is it excluded? How?
- Why is love classified as "intractable"?
Essay Topic 3
In Askesis and Dark Glasses/To Hide, the lover's suffering becomes performative. He performs acts that point to his amorous state for the benefit of the other.
- How does the lover perform his suffering? What are the activities, rituals, or behaviors he adopts?
- What are the goals of these actions?
- Can the lover control the outcome, or effect, of these behaviors?
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