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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 1, Either/Or : Chapter 2, Aesthetic Validity of Marriage.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the first subject Kierkegaard discusses?
(a) Marriage.
(b) Hatred.
(c) Passion.
(d) Friendship.

2. Why does the author suggest the young man may be "depressed" and fear marriage?
(a) The young man may be thinking, "She doesn't really love me; all love is false."
(b) The young man may be thinking, "Everything may change; what if this person that now I almost worship may change; what if, what if, etc."
(c) The young man's parents were unhappy in their marriage and abused him all his life.
(d) Perhaps the young man has not been taking his medication.

3. What does the author say God's love is?
(a) Understandable.
(b) Cruel.
(c) Indiscriminate.
(d) Incomprehensible.

4. From whom does King David hear a parable?
(a) The prophet Joel.
(b) The prophet Nathan.
(c) The prophet Ezra.
(d) The prophet Habbakuk.

5. The author asserts that it might seem proper for marital love to begin with a kind of what?
(a) Enthusiasm.
(b) Romance.
(c) Indifference.
(d) Doubt.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the author say is the most intensive enjoyment?

2. What does the author say that every order of life, including marriage, has?

3. To what religion does the author say marriage belongs?

4. How does the author describe a couple's connection in a marriage of convenience?

5. What is the only thing for which the author prays to God with his whole heart?

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