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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 1, Either/Or : Chapter 3, Aesthetic Validation of Marriage - First Love.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What character in opera does the author say embodies the state preceding love?
(a) Don Giovanni in DON GIOVANNI.
(b) Tristan in TRISTAN AND ISOLDE.
(c) Wotan in THE RING CYCLE.
(d) Page in FIGARO.

2. What one word does the author say can describe love?
(a) It is light.
(b) It is futile.
(c) It is immediate.
(d) It is excruciating.

3. What is the only thing for which the author thanks God with his whole soul?
(a) That his wife has many hobbies which keep her occupied.
(b) That his wife loves him with all her heart.
(c) That his wife is the only woman he has ever loved.
(d) That his wife is the last person he will ever love.

4. What is David unable to appreciate about the parable?
(a) David is unable to appreciate the time Nathan takes to convey the parable.
(b) David is unable to appreciate how the parable applies to his own life.
(c) David is unable to appreciate the hidden language of heaven in the parable.
(d) David is unable to appreciate Nathan's literary skill.

5. What is the author of the letter accustomed to writing on?
(a) Parchment.
(b) Papyrus.
(c) Tablets of stone.
(d) Full sheets.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the author say the young man may best perceive the state that precedes first love?

2. To whom does the author compare the young man when he is ill-tempered?

3. Why does the author suggest the young man may be "depressed" and fear marriage?

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

5. The author asserts that just as nothing is impossible for God, nothing is impossible for whom?

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