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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. 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?"
(a) Goethe.
(b) Proust.
(c) Gradiva.
(d) Socrates.

2. How is the sensibility of the amorous subject described in the section entitled "Flayed?"
(a) Prone to negativity.
(b) Vulnerable and sensitive to ridicule.
(c) Detached.
(d) Aggressive.

3. Which relationship dynamic does the section of the text entitled "Domnei" or "dependency" describe?
(a) The loved object is much too dependent on the amorous subject.
(b) The amorous subject is subjugated to the loved object.
(c) Common belief always places the woman in the submissive role.
(d) The couple decides to discuss problems of dependency.

4. In Clouds, why is Herr Schmidt upset?
(a) Werther is nice to his fiancée Frederika.
(b) He has had a bad day and decides to take it out on those present.
(c) The church is locked and they cannot get in.
(d) Werther deliberately tries to aggravate him.

5. In "Show me whom to desire"/Induction, the narrator notes that there is no desire without _________________.
(a) Intrigue.
(b) Confusion.
(c) Prohibition.
(d) Sadness.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the young Freud say to his fiancée in The Love Letter?

2. In "Dedication," the author presents an internal dialogue that accompanies which of the following acts?

3. What does the author note about crying in the modern era?

4. At the end of this section, which to spaces or realities does the author oppose?

5. What do the clouds symbolize in the section by the same name?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the section Fade-Out connect the loved beings withdrawal with the Mother?

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

3. "Looking embarrassed"/Embarrassment: Describe the scene of embarrassment from Werther cited in this section.

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

5. In Images, what is the lover's relationship to visual images he sees?

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

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

8. In The Ghost Ship/Errantry, why is the lover doomed to wander?

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

10. Describe the lover's struggle with demons in "We are our own demons"/Demons.

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