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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 1, Either/Or : Chapter 10, Equilibrium.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the author believe accounts for the young man's excessive anxiety?
(a) The author believes the young man is afraid of missing the erotic moment.
(b) The author believes the young man is afraid of missing all the frivolity of the engagement period.
(c) The author believes the young man is afraid of his father.
(d) The author believes the young man is afraid of death.

2. What occasion caused the young man to fume according to the author?
(a) A Mayday party.
(b) A church wedding.
(c) A birthday party.
(d) A funeral.

3. What does the author write is on the other side of the aesthetic?
(a) The indifferent.
(b) The romantic.
(c) The joyous.
(d) The hateful.

4. At what moment is love annihilated according to the author?
(a) The moment it sins.
(b) The moment it doubts.
(c) The moment it becomes hate.
(d) The moment it becomes conscious of itself.

5. What is the only way the author claims he would ever wish to be in relation to his wife?
(a) Polygamous.
(b) Dominant.
(c) Monogamous.
(d) Submissive.

Short Answer Questions

1. In addition to having a priority in itself, what other quality does marital love possess according to the author?

2. To what kind of wedding ceremony does the author of the letter refer?

3. What does the author say are the spheres proper to thought?

4. About what emperor does the author go on at length?

5. What idea does the insane man, of whom the author writes, have fixed in his head?

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