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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. How is the sentimental subject perceived by society?
2. Match the term "loquela" with the correct phrase.
3. What kind of acts does the lover perform in The Last Leaf/Magic.
4. "I am crazy"/Mad, what does the lover realize in his madness?
5. What is the best form in which to tell the story of love?
Short Essay Questions
1. "Looking embarrassed"/Embarrassment: Describe the scene of embarrassment from Werther cited in this section.
2. Briefly state what Werther writes in his letter to Charlotte and what it signifies in The Love Letter/Letter.
3. Describe the scenario in At Fault/Faults between the lover and the loved one at the train station.
4. In The Dedication, how does the act of giving follow "the family model"?
5. List some of the scenarios described by the narrator to illustrate the sense of disreality in The World Thunderstruck/Disreality.
6. 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.
7. Describe the lover's struggle with demons in "We are our own demons"/Demons.
8. 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?
9. What object does the lover compare himself to in This can't go on/Unbearable?
10. Describe the relation between the informer, the lover, and the loved being in The Informer.
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
Continuing with the theme of language, discuss the myth that love can be "sublimated in aesthetic creation" in "To Write" (pg. 97.)
- Outline the two myths (Socratic and romantic), that the author mentions.
- Discuss the examples of the failure of amorous creation such as Werther's drawing and the haiku. Why do these attempts fail?
- What obstructs amorous writing? What does the author mean when he says that language is both "too much" and "too little?"
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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