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Questions 1-5 of 25:

1.

Why does the speaker claim the label of “spiritual cripple” that a critic once leveled at Sei Shōnagon (#124)? (from Propositions 99 - 133)

She feels an affinity for the lack of spiritual contemplation in Shōnagon’s book.

She wants to challenge the way male critics accuse female writers of shallowness.

She wants to remove the hierarchy between spiritual concerns, considered valuable, and temporal concerns, considered trivial.

She feels an affinity for the vindictiveness of Shōnagon’s book.

2.

Why does the speaker choose not to write about specific blue things or memories of “you”? (from Propositions 181 - 208)

She cannot articulate what they mean to her.

Writing cannot capture the essence of things.

She does not want to give the reader the wrong impression.

Writing about them would mean interpreting them and making their essence concrete.

3.

Why is the speaker not jealous of the many other people who love the color blue or write books about it? (from Propositions 148 - 180)

She has a deeper relationship with blue than others do.

Attraction to blue is a basic human compulsion.

There is too much blue for one person.

Her relationship with blue is personal and therefore unique.

4.

What does the speaker mean when she says that the female gaze must be explored with “the eyes staying in the head” (#59)? (from Propositions 22 - 62)

That historically, women have been punished for desiring, and this must change.

That male and female desire should be equally expressed.

That women need to learn to indulge their own desires.

That desire should be private, not public.

5.

Why is the speaker disappointed by the famous blue paintings of Yves Klein? (from Propositions 63 - 98)

She cannot look at the paintings.

She must question her love of blue.

The lack of variety is overwhelming.

The paintings are boring.

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