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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 1 through 37.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What failure does the author describe in the section entitled "Adorable?"
(a) The failure of the lover's desire when confronted which the actual adored object.
(b) The failure of love to live up to expectations.
(c) The failure of the loved object to respond to words like "adorable."
(d) The failure of language employed by the lover to adequately describe the loved object.

2. In the section on agony, to what does the narrator compare the steady progress of the emotional state he experiences?
(a) To the story of Tristan and Isolde.
(b) To Gide riding a train.
(c) To Werther feeling a sense of hopelessness.
(d) To Socrates feeling the cold of the hemlock rising in his body.

3. In "To Be Ascetic," how does the narrator's asceticism take shape?
(a) Through appearance (short hair, dark glasses) and monk-like habits (serious study, rising early).
(b) Through long walks alone in the desert.
(c) Through fasting, sexual abstinence, and total seclusion.
(d) Through refusing to speak to friends about his condition.

4. According to the author, how does the world frequently characterize love incorrectly?
(a) As an either/or situation: a matter of success or failure, victory or defeat.
(b) As the ultimate goal for every single person.
(c) As impossible, and therefore more desirable.
(d) As a compromise that must be endured for the sake of society.

5. In "Agony," what forms does the feeling discussed by the author take?
(a) Jealousy and fear of injury and abandonment.
(b) Shame in front of others.
(c) Sadness and despondency.
(d) Impatience and irritability.

Short Answer Questions

1. What message does the lover hope to send through his asceticism?

2. According to the author, what does the term "adorable" represent, or stand in for, in the lover's discourse?

3. In the section entitled "To Love Love," the term "annulment" refers to which of the following issues?

4. The lover associates atopia in the other with which of the following qualities?

5. To whom is the narrator's asceticism addressed?

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