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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 75 through 128.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the term "alteration" refer to in this section of the text?
(a) To the production of a counter-image of the loved object.
(b) To the missing tip of a nose, and nothing else.
(c) To the rejection of perfection by the lover.
(d) To a sewing procedure, which is a metaphor in the text.

2. In Dark Glasses/To Hide, what main subject does the author address?
(a) The lover derides the other's secretiveness.
(b) The lover wonders to what degree he should conceal the turbulence of his passions.
(c) The lover wonders whether he should declare his love.
(d) The lover disguises his distrust of the other.

3. The section titled "All the delights of the earth"/Fulfillment is a quotation from which of the following authors?
(a) Ruysbroek.
(b) Nietzsche.
(c) Novalis.
(d) Sade.

4. In Blue Coat and Yellow Vest/habiliment, what specifically does the "blue coat and yellow vest" refer to?
(a) To the costume of travelers.
(b) To clothing worn by the other that becomes a fetish object.
(c) To the narrator's favorite outfit.
(d) To clothing worn by the character Werther.

5. What message does the lover hope to send through his asceticism?
(a) He wants to show off his learning to his friends.
(b) He wants to display his askesis as something caused by the other so that person will yield.
(c) He wants to make his mother feel guilty.
(d) He wants to convince society that he is worthy of love.

Short Answer Questions

1. What causes the particular feeling, experienced by the character Werther, in the episode involving oranges?

2. At the end of this section, which to spaces or realities does the author oppose?

3. How does the lover respond to accidental contact with the desired being in the section entitled "When my finger accidentally..."?

4. "Intractable/Affirmation" discusses which of the following themes?

5. How does the lover feel about himself when confronted with the other's atopia?

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