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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 the section entitled "To Love Love," the term "annulment" refers to which of the following issues?
(a) The lover's desire annuls the other.
(b) The object of desire rejects the lover's advances.
(c) The lover's desire annuls the lover's personal friendships.
(d) The object of desire smothers the lover with excessive attention.

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

3. What are the advantages of the act of annulment?
(a) The lover can take on a new identity.
(b) The lover retreats into the idea of love when threatened by injury or jealousy.
(c) The lover is never without the attentions of the beloved.
(d) The lover can seek out a new love interest.

4. How does the lover respond to accidental contact with the desired being in the section entitled "When my finger accidentally..."?
(a) The lover remains unaffected.
(b) The lover creates meaning from the contact.
(c) The lover feels excessive distress.
(d) The lover becomes shy and nervous.

5. What is another name used in The Ribbon/Objects to describe the lover's attachment to an object that belonged to the beloved?
(a) Fetishism.
(b) Mania.
(c) Nostalgia.
(d) Fanaticism.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. According to the author, who carries out the "discourse of absence" historically?

3. In Clouds, why is Herr Schmidt upset?

4. According to the author, what happens to language the more one becomes enamored of a specific person?

5. In "Domnei," which two things is the narrator subject to?

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