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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 does David understand about the parable?
(a) David understands the message of the parable.
(b) David understands Nathan is merely trying to manipulate him.
(c) David does not understand the parable at all.
(d) David understands how the parable applies to him.

2. To what religion does the author say marriage belongs?
(a) Islam.
(b) Christianity.
(c) Hinduism.
(d) Buddhism.

3. How does the author say the young man lives?
(a) The author says the young man lives by stealing happy moments.
(b) The author says the young man lives by plundering.
(c) All of these.
(d) The author says the young man lives by creeping up unnoticed on people.

4. What is the second subject Kierkegaard examines?
(a) Messages in bottles.
(b) Messages from yourself.
(c) Messages from God.
(d) Messages from distant cousins.

5. Why is the author accustomed to writing on this particular object?
(a) Because he lives in ancient Egypt.
(b) Because he lives in modern India.
(c) Because he is a public official.
(d) Because he is blind.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the author say belongs in every marriage but is missing from a marriage of convenience?

2. What does the author assert reflective love does?

3. What is the relationship between marriage and first love according to the author?

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

5. In discussing the the aesthetic of marriage, upon what does the author of the letter draw?

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