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Questions 1-5 of 25:

1.

How do the names of the Tuareg tribe contribute to the theme of meaning? (from Propositions 148 - 180)

The Tuareg name imposed by others means the opposite of the name the Imohag give themselves.

Outside observation cannot provide accurate answers.

Naming is an important step in creating meaning.

The names Tuareg and Imohag question the importance of religion in daily life.

2.

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

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

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

3.

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 male and female desire should be equally expressed.

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

That women need to learn to indulge their own desires.

That desire should be private, not public.

4.

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

Writing cannot capture the essence of things.

She cannot articulate what they mean to her.

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

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

5.

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

Sadness.

Yearning for the color blue.

Anxiety.

Hearbreak.

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