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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. Which of the following terms is a definition of "atopos"?
(a) Stereotype.
(b) Unclassifiable.
(c) Untranslatable.
(d) Indolent.

2. In the section called Fade-out, where does the other's fade-out reside?
(a) In the other's appearance.
(b) In the other's voice.
(c) In the lover's silence.
(d) In the lover's memory.

3. In the section called "Talking," how does the lover's discourse change when the amorous subject speaks about love?
(a) From an abstract philosophical discourse about love to a personal declaration of love.
(b) From a declaration of love to a renouncement of love.
(c) From a rejection of love to a a declaration of love.
(d) From a personal declaration of love to an abstract philosophical discourse about love.

4. According to the author, what happens to language the more one becomes enamored of a specific person?
(a) Language becomes irrelevant.
(b) The lover seeks to escape the constraints of language.
(c) The lover's language becomes expansive and creative.
(d) The lover's language becomes closed off and limited.

5. In "Agony," what forms does the feeling discussed by the author take?
(a) Sadness and despondency.
(b) Jealousy and fear of injury and abandonment.
(c) Impatience and irritability.
(d) Shame in front of others.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Love's Obscenity/Obscene, what is the author's first example of obscenity?

2. Which of the following phrases describes the informer in the section called The Informer?

3. In the section called "Tutti Sistemati," which of the following describes how the lover sees others?

4. In The Orange/Irksome, an episode involving oranges from the novel Werther is used to describe which of the following feelings?

5. Match the term "loquela" with the correct phrase.

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