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Questions 1-5 of 25:

1.

Why are the speaker and her injured friend unimpressed by platitudes about the reasons for pain? (from Propositions 209 - 240)

Having a reason does not make pain easier or offer a solution.

These platitudes may apply to smaller ills, but not to the gravity of the friend’s injuries.

Only people who have nothing helpful to say resort to platitudes.

Saying there is a reason is lazy, since it makes no attempt to define that reason.

2.

In Proposition 76, the speaker lists the historical difficulties of pigment and knowledge acquisition, compared to the ease of modern acquisition of anything from paint to sex. What conclusion is implied in this comparison? (from Propositions 63 - 98)

Easy things are unsatisfying.

The speaker feels nostalgia for long-ago history.

Modern life repeats the same difficulties life always has.

Easy things are false.

3.

What is the difference between desire and yearning for the speaker? (from Propositions 1 - 21)

Desire may be achievable, but yearning never is.

Desire is good, and yearning is bad.

Desire is natural, while yearning is artificial.

Desire is short-lived, while yearning is sustained.

4.

In Proposition 17, what is the underlying “disease” in this case? (from Propositions 1 - 21)

Yearning for the color blue.

Hearbreak.

Anxiety.

Sadness.

5.

In Proposition 144, what does the blue of the candle flame represent? (from Propositions 134 - 147)

Private suffering.

Hope in the midst of despair.

The shifting experience of depression.

Suicidal thinking.

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