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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 183 through 234.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What clothing is Werther wearing when he first dances with Charlotte?
(a) Old work clothes.
(b) A formal black suit.
(c) A white shirt and riding boots.
(d) A blue coat and yellow vest.

2. In the section called "Talking," how does the lover's discourse change when the amorous subject speaks about love?
(a) From a declaration of love to a renouncement of love.
(b) From an abstract philosophical discourse about love to a personal declaration of love.
(c) From a personal declaration of love to an abstract philosophical discourse about love.
(d) From a rejection of love to a a declaration of love.

3. Why? also contains a paradox regarding the lover's state: what is it?
(a) The lover wonders why he cannot find love but does little to change the situation.
(b) The lover wonders why he is not loved but never stops believing that he is.
(c) The lover wonders why other couple look happier than him but he does not ask them their secret to happiness..
(d) The lover wonders why he is not loved as he sees his own feelings of love diminish.

4. In "Events, Setbacks and Annoyances," which of the following describes the effect of "contingencies" on the amorous subject?
(a) The amorous subject is ambivalent about random events.
(b) The amorous subject's happiness is destroyed by random events.
(c) The amorous subject's happiness is increased by random events.
(d) The amorous subject is oblivious to random events.

5. In "I am odious"/Monstrous, what does the lover refer to when he says, "I am odious?"
(a) His cowardice.
(b) His controlling behavior and lack of generosity towards the other.
(c) His feeling s of remorse.
(d) The tendency towards self-indulgence.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the source of the embarrassment experienced by parties in a love triangle in "Looking embarrassed?"

2. Which of the following scenarios is described in No Answer/Silence?

3. What happens to desire when the lover tries to resist the will to possess?

4. In the same section, what does the narrator refer to when he says: "I am an amputee who still feels pain in his missing leg?"

5. In "Special Days"/Festivity, what analogy is used to describe the lover's meeting with the loved being?

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