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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. In "Events, Setbacks and Annoyances," which of the following describes the effect of "contingencies" on the amorous subject?
(a) The amorous subject is oblivious to random events.
(b) The amorous subject's happiness is increased by random events.
(c) The amorous subject's happiness is destroyed by random events.
(d) The amorous subject is ambivalent about random events.

2. In the section on absence, to what early experience does the author link the subject's feelings about the absent lover?
(a) To the father's absence.
(b) To the child's need for approval.
(c) To the subject's first disappointment in love.
(d) To the mother's absence.

3. How is the heart described in the section entitled "The Heart?"
(a) As a gift-object and an organ of desire.
(b) As a symbol of fertility.
(c) As a pretext for intimacy.
(d) As a tired metaphor for romance.

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

5. In "Special Days"/Festivity, what analogy is used to describe the lover's meeting with the loved being?
(a) A family on a picnic.
(b) The prisoner released from captivity.
(c) The child at a circus.
(d) The child laughing with joy at the sight of the mother.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the lover come to perceive the contingencies that affect him?

2. In the section entitled "To Love Love," the term "annulment" refers to which of the following issues?

3. To whom does the following quote belong,"I therefore have decked myself out in finery so that I might be in the company of a fine young man?"

4. When does this desire affect the subject?

5. In the section on agony, to what does the narrator compare the steady progress of the emotional state he experiences?

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