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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 the person concealing his feelings wish to be perceived?
(a) As both pathetic and admirable; child and adult.
(b) As unlovable.
(c) As tough and courageous.
(d) As worthy.

2. In "What is to be done?" which of the following describes the behavior of the amorous subject?
(a) Awkwardly silent.
(b) Self-indulgent with little concern for others' feelings.
(c) Needy.
(d) Everything is over-interpreted and spontaneity becomes impossible.

3. "Connivance" describes a situation of connivance that occurs between which two people?
(a) The amorous subject and his mother.
(b) The amorous subject and the object of love.
(c) The amorous subject and his rival.
(d) The object of love and the lover's rival.

4. Why is the lover cautious when the loved object complains of the lover's rival?
(a) The lover could end up in the rival's place some day.
(b) The lover is too submissive to stand up to the other.
(c) The lover does not want to be a gossip.
(d) The lover is afraid of revealing his friendship with the rival.

5. What is the source of the embarrassment experienced by parties in a love triangle in "Looking embarrassed?"
(a) A secret shared by two of the people in the group.
(b) An unsolicited remark.
(c) Unspoken knowledge shared by everyone.
(d) Lack of understanding.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Show me whom to desire"/Induction, the narrator notes that there is no desire without _________________.

2. What kind of acts does the lover perform in The Last Leaf/Magic.

3. What literary lover did thousands of young men identify with and imitate in their dress and actions?

4. In the same section, what does the narrator refer to when he says: "I am an amputee who still feels pain in his missing leg?"

5. In Dark Glasses/To Hide, what main subject does the author address?

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