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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. In this section, what does the lover hope to achieve by touching the other?
(a) A response, an interplay of meaning with the other.
(b) Compassion from the other.
(c) Sympathy from the other.
(d) Understanding from the other.

2. What does the lover realize about the other in this section?
(a) The the other will reject him.
(b) That he will never possess the other.
(c) That he has to possess the other at all costs.
(d) That the other is feeling restless.

3. What is the best form in which to tell the story of love?
(a) Ancient, declamatory drama.
(b) The novel.
(c) Poetry.
(d) Personal letters.

4. What literary lover did thousands of young men identify with and imitate in their dress and actions?
(a) Heinrich.
(b) Werther.
(c) Herr Schmidt.
(d) Albert.

5. How does the narrator describe the feeling of ravishment?
(a) A kind of hypnosis; the lover is stunned.
(b) A deeply distressing pain.
(c) A fear of losing control.
(d) A profound curiosity

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does the name Gradiva derive from?

2. Which of the following describes the use of "thus" in the figure Thus.

3. In this section, "understand your madness" is a phrase uttered by which one of the following figures?

4. What uncomfortable realization does the lover have about the loved being in Tenderness?

5. The term "atopos" is associated with which of the following figures?

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