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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 129 through 182.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Werther fall in love with Charlotte in the section "Show me whom to desire/Induction?"
(a) He meets her at a friend's wedding and is smitten.
(b) At first he dislikes her then he changes his mind.
(c) Her beauty is pointed out to him before he sees her, then he falls for her.
(d) He falls for her without ever seeing or hearing about her before.

2. The lover compares his gaze on the other's body to which of the following things?
(a) To someone reading a newspaper.
(b) To a scientist looking through a microscope.
(c) To a prisoner looking out the window.
(d) To children who disassemble a clock to see what time is.

3. What image does the author evoke to represent the "exuberance" that results from constantly expending love?
(a) A wild ocean.
(b) A deep well.
(c) An overflowing fountain.
(d) A vast desert.

4. According to the author, who carries out the "discourse of absence" historically?
(a) The mother.
(b) The Woman.
(c) The father.
(d) The Man.

5. In "I am odious"/Monstrous, what does the lover's discourse do to the other?
(a) It irritates him.
(b) It drives him to suicide.
(c) It causes him to reply in kind.
(d) It stifles him, imposing silence.

Short Answer Questions

1. What topic does the figure I Love You discuss?

2. "I am crazy"/Mad, what does the lover realize in his madness?

3. What does the term "alteration" refer to in this section of the text?

4. Why is the lover attached to the object?

5. In "Inexpressible Love," what two powerful myths does the author mention?

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