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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 is the sentimental subject perceived by society?
(a) As irritating.
(b) As stupid, unseemly, and laughable.
(c) As worthy of sympathy.
(d) As worthy of admiration.

2. 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 a sewing procedure, which is a metaphor in the text.
(c) To the rejection of perfection by the lover.
(d) To the missing tip of a nose, and nothing else.

3. The term "atopos" is associated with which of the following figures?
(a) Plato.
(b) Socrates.
(c) Meno.
(d) Nietzsche.

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?
(a) References.
(b) Abstracts.
(c) Figures.
(d) Chapters.

5. In this section, "understand your madness" is a phrase uttered by which one of the following figures?
(a) Dionysus.
(b) Zeus.
(c) Apollo.
(d) Orpheus.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In "I am odious"/Monstrous, what does the lover refer to when he says, "I am odious?"

3. What is the source of the embarrassment experienced by parties in a love triangle in "Looking embarrassed?"

4. To what does the "ghost ship," in the section entitled The Ghost Ship/Errantry refer?

5. What happens when one speaks of love in the objective?

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