A Lover's Discourse: Fragments Quiz

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Questions 1-5 of 25:

1.

Blue Coat and Yellow Vest/Habiliment refers, in general, to which kind of clothing? (from Pages 75 through 128)

What the subject hopes to see the object of love wear.

The clothes worn by the object of love at their first meeting.

That worn by the subject during the amorous encounter or with the intention to seduce.

That which the lover borrows from the loved being.

2.

What do the clouds symbolize in the section by the same name? (from Pages 129 through 182)

The other's silence.

The lover's darkening mood.

A sense of danger.

The lover's loss of hope.

3.

What causes the particular feeling, experienced by the character Werther, in the episode involving oranges? (from Pages 75 through 128)

The object of desire rejects his offering of oranges.

The object of desire receives his gift and refuses to share it.

The object of desire shares the oranges he gave her with a neighbor.

The object of desire is oblivious to his gift.

4.

What is the duration of a discourse on love? (from Pages 38 through 74)

Five months.

A decade or more.

One year.

It is interminable.

5.

In "Events, Setbacks and Annoyances," which of the following describes the effect of "contingencies" on the amorous subject? (from Pages 38 through 74)

The amorous subject is oblivious to random events.

The amorous subject's happiness is increased by random events.

The amorous subject is ambivalent about random events.

The amorous subject's happiness is destroyed by random events.

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