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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 129 through 182.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What causes the particular feeling, experienced by the character Werther, in the episode involving oranges?
(a) The object of desire rejects his offering of oranges.
(b) The object of desire shares the oranges he gave her with a neighbor.
(c) The object of desire is oblivious to his gift.
(d) The object of desire receives his gift and refuses to share it.
2. In the section entitled "Waiting," which of the following processes is described?
(a) An increasing apathy regarding the other's absence.
(b) Making lists of the other's faults while waiting for him.
(c) A growing fear of the death of the beloved during his absence.
(d) A growing anxiety and loss of all sense of proportion while waiting for the other.
3. How is the sensibility of the amorous subject described in the section entitled "Flayed?"
(a) Prone to negativity.
(b) Detached.
(c) Aggressive.
(d) Vulnerable and sensitive to ridicule.
4. In "Novel/Drama," which of the following is true about the writing of the amorous subject's love story?
(a) Only a third party who has observed the relationship could write the love story.
(b) Only the Other could write the amorous subject's love story. He cannot do it himself.
(c) Only the the amorous subject could write his own love story.
(d) Only a professional could write the novel of the amorous subject's love affair.
5. The other title of Tutti Sistemati," "pigeonholed," is associated with which of the following desires?
(a) The traveler's desire to keep moving.
(b) The lover's desire to fit into a particular life structure.
(c) The need to stereotype others.
(d) The desire to escape social constraints and labels.
Short Answer Questions
1. "In the loving calm of your arms" describes the embrace of total union between lovers. What contradiction does the lover experience?
2. In the section called "Talking," how does the lover's discourse change when the amorous subject speaks about love?
3. What is the "ordeal" described in the section called Fade-out.
4. What does that composer claim regarding tears?
5. Match the term "loquela" with the correct phrase.
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