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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. In "Dedication," the author presents an internal dialogue that accompanies which of the following acts?
(a) The dedication of one's life to a cause.
(b) Receiving a gift from the other.
(c) The act of giving a gift, or some other form of dedication, to the object of love.
(d) Making a formal commitment to the other.

3. Which of the following describes the lover's madness in "I am crazy"/mad?
(a) Poetic.
(b) Unconscious.
(c) Metaphorical.
(d) Supernatural.

4. In "Inexpressible Love," what two powerful myths does the author mention?
(a) That writing about love heals the heart and that everyone has a soulmate.
(b) That sublimated love engenders beautiful discourse and that one can write about one's passion.
(c) That true love can never be found and that only poets can write about love.
(d) That true love is eternal and that it is the most ancient story to tell.

5. In "Novel/Drama," which of the following is true about the writing of the amorous subject's love story?
(a) Only the Other could write the amorous subject's love story. He cannot do it himself.
(b) Only the the amorous subject could write his own love story.
(c) Only a third party who has observed the relationship could write the love story.
(d) Only a professional could write the novel of the amorous subject's love affair.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Love's Obscenity/Obscene, what gets characterized as obscene in contemporary society?

2. What clothing is Werther wearing when he first dances with Charlotte?

3. What is the preferred response to the utterance "I love you?"

4. In "The World Thunderstruck," what does the subheading "disreality" or déréalité refer to?

5. In "Dedication," what effect can writing, as a form of amorous dedication, have on the other?

Short Essay Questions

1. Briefly describe the process of induction in the figure "Show me whom to desire"/Induction.

2. In Domnei/Dependency, what does the lover mean when he says: "I am twice subject?"

3. In Love's Languor/Languor, how is the Satyr contrasted with languor?

4. Briefly state what Werther writes in his letter to Charlotte and what it signifies in The Love Letter/Letter.

5. What kind of scenes does the lover image in Ideas of Solution/Outcomes?

6. What object does the lover compare himself to in This can't go on/Unbearable?

7. "I am crazy"/Mad: How is the lover's madness metaphorical?

8. The Unknowable has to do with the lover's ability, or lack thereof, to know the other: what conclusion does the lover come to in this section?

9. Describe the lover's process of identification, as seen in the character Werther, in the section entitled Identifications.

10. In Inexpressible Love/To Write, what does the narrator suggest when he says "I cannot write myself"?

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