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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. To what kind of wedding ceremony does the author of the letter refer?
(a) A Presbyterian ceremony.
(b) A Danish Lutheran ceremony.
(c) A United Methodist ceremony.
(d) A Roman Catholic ceremony.

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

3. In addition to having a priority in itself, what other quality does marital love possess according to the author?
(a) Constancy.
(b) Profligacy.
(c) Ephemerality.
(d) Uncertainty.

4. Of what two things is first love a unity?
(a) Freedom and necessity.
(b) Love and hate.
(c) Hot and cold.
(d) Passion and indifference.

5. First love is equivalent to what type of faith according to the author?
(a) The type of faith the haughty and vain have.
(b) The type of faith the poor have.
(c) The type of faith that believes itself capable of moving mountains.
(d) The type of faith that believes there has never been anything but itself.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the quality of marital love's movements?

2. What does the author assert reflective love does?

3. Between what two types of doubt does the author say it is important to distinguish?

4. What creature sends the author into "reverie"?

5. At what moment is love annihilated according to the author?

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