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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. What is the "ordeal" described in the section called Fade-out.
(a) The loved being's mother dies.
(b) For no apparent reason the loved being withdraws from all contact.
(c) The lover's favorite jeans fade.
(d) The loved being's physical beauty begins to fade.

2. In this section, "understand your madness" is a phrase uttered by which one of the following figures?
(a) Dionysus.
(b) Apollo.
(c) Zeus.
(d) Orpheus.

3. According to the author, what is always involved in every discourse on love, whether philosophical, gnomic, lyric, or novelistic?
(a) Courage.
(b) Self-doubt.
(c) A desire to please.
(d) A person whom one addresses.

4. In "What is to be done?" which of the following describes the behavior of the amorous subject?
(a) Needy.
(b) Everything is over-interpreted and spontaneity becomes impossible.
(c) Self-indulgent with little concern for others' feelings.
(d) Awkwardly silent.

5. In Dark Glasses/To Hide, what main subject does the author address?
(a) The lover wonders whether he should declare his love.
(b) The lover disguises his distrust of the other.
(c) The lover derides the other's secretiveness.
(d) The lover wonders to what degree he should conceal the turbulence of his passions.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Inexpressible Love," what two powerful myths does the author mention?

2. What does the "fulfillment" or comblement of the title refer to?

3. What image does the author evoke to represent the "exuberance" that results from constantly expending love?

4. In this section, how is the term "karma" defined?

5. Which of the following terms is a definition of "atopos"?

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