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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 75 through 128.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Which of the following phrases is an example of tautology, as presented by the author?
(a) I adore you because you are fascinating.
(b) The adorable is what is adorable.
(c) I love you because you are absent.
(d) The adorable is what is impossible.
2. According to the author, how does the world frequently characterize love incorrectly?
(a) As a compromise that must be endured for the sake of society.
(b) As the ultimate goal for every single person.
(c) As impossible, and therefore more desirable.
(d) As an either/or situation: a matter of success or failure, victory or defeat.
3. Which of the following best describes the lover's state in "We are our own demons?"
(a) Possessed by inner demons.
(b) Tired of life and its demons.
(c) Triumphant over his inner demons
(d) Indulging in many temptations.
4. In "To Be Ascetic," the term "askesis" is associated with which of the following acts?
(a) Foreign travel.
(b) Complete rejection of society.
(c) Meditation.
(d) Self-punishment and gentle retreat.
5. The section titled "All the delights of the earth"/Fulfillment is a quotation from which of the following authors?
(a) Novalis.
(b) Sade.
(c) Ruysbroek.
(d) Nietzsche.
Short Answer Questions
1. In "To Be Ascetic," how does the narrator's asceticism take shape?
2. How does the lover come to perceive the contingencies that affect him?
3. In the section entitled "Waiting," which of the following processes is described?
4. When the narrator states that "the other whom I love...is atopos," what does he mean?
5. What clothing is Werther wearing when he first dances with Charlotte?
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