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

2. What happens when one speaks of love in the objective?
(a) "He" or "she" becomes "you."
(b) "You" becomes "it."
(c) "One" becomes "I."
(d) "You" becomes "he" or "she" or "one."

3. "The Other's Body" divides the other's body into two parts: what are they?
(a) Flesh and spirit.
(b) The body proper such as the skin, eyes, and the voice.
(c) The imagined body and the actual body.
(d) The emotional and the physical.

4. What language does the word "atopos" come from?
(a) Latin.
(b) Gaelic.
(c) Hebrew.
(d) Greek.

5. How does the lover come to perceive the contingencies that affect him?
(a) As random unrelated events.
(b) As hallucinations.
(c) As signs of love.
(d) As a kind of fate.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Events, Setbacks and Annoyances," which of the following describes the effect of "contingencies" on the amorous subject?

2. In "Agony," what forms does the feeling discussed by the author take?

3. According to this section in the text, what is the best reaction to the other's suffering?

4. At the beginning of the book, in the section entitled, "How this book is structured," what is the name that the author uses to describe the different sections of the book?

5. In this same section, the author invokes a scene involving a letter. Which of the following describes this scene?

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