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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 38 through 74.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In the section on absence, to what early experience does the author link the subject's feelings about the absent lover?
(a) To the mother's absence.
(b) To the child's need for approval.
(c) To the father's absence.
(d) To the subject's first disappointment in love.

2. What does the subtitle of this section, "to circumscribe," refer to?
(a) The lover's attempt to circumscribe pleasure.
(b) The lover's attempt to circumscribe boredom.
(c) The lover's attempt to circumscribe pain.
(d) The lover's refusal to circumscribe pleasure.

3. Which phrase best describes the title "I have an Other-ache?"
(a) The subject is tired of listening to the other's problems.
(b) The subject deeply misses the loved object when that person is absent.
(c) The subject experiences pain caused by an insensitive comment made by the other.
(d) The subject feels strong compassion towards the loved object when that person is suffering.

4. According to this section in the text, what is the best reaction to the other's suffering?
(a) Empathy, advice, and affection.
(b) Compassion, moral support, and physical contact.
(c) Detachment, delicacy, and compassion.
(d) Sympathy, delicacy, and reassurance.

5. In the section entitled "To Love Love," the term "annulment" refers to which of the following issues?
(a) The object of desire rejects the lover's advances.
(b) The lover's desire annuls the lover's personal friendships.
(c) The object of desire smothers the lover with excessive attention.
(d) The lover's desire annuls the other.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In the section called "Tutti Sistemati," which of the following describes how the lover sees others?

3. Which of the following phrases is an example of tautology, as presented by the author?

4. In "To Be Ascetic," the term "askesis" is associated with which of the following acts?

5. In the section entitled "Waiting," which of the following processes is described?

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