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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens to the person who profits by being secretive according to the author?
(a) He always wins.
(b) He is always tortured.
(c) He always comes in third.
(d) He always loses.

2. Between what two things does the writer say there may exist a significant difference?
(a) There may be a significant difference between how the young man really feels and what the wedding is like.
(b) There may be a significant difference between the type of wedding reception the bride wants and the type of wedding reception the groom prefers.
(c) There may be a significant difference between the time the wedding is scheduled to start and when it actually starts.
(d) There may be a significant difference between how the in-laws are before the wedding and after the wedding.

3. What is the quality of marital love's movements?
(a) Marital love's movements are outward.
(b) Marital love's movements are inward.
(c) Marital love's movements are quick.
(d) Marital love's movements are slow.

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

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

6. What does an individual become when his heart is open according to the author?
(a) Vengeful.
(b) Eloquent.
(c) Inarticulate.
(d) Merciful.

7. Which part of the wedding does the author find rather backward?
(a) The author thinks it incorrect that he is supposed to be in charge of his wife.
(b) The author thinks "as long as you both shall live" is a little extreme.
(c) The author thinks he ought to be able to have as many love affairs as he likes.
(d) The author thinks the man ought to wear the dress and the woman the tuxedo.

8. Why does the author suggest the young man may be "depressed" and fear marriage?
(a) 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."
(b) The young man may be thinking, "She doesn't really love me; all love is false."
(c) Perhaps the young man has not been taking his medication.
(d) The young man's parents were unhappy in their marriage and abused him all his life.

9. What is the middle course that the "marriage of convenience" takes according to the author?
(a) The middle course is the path between immediate love, and calculating understanding.
(b) The middle course is the path between comfort and tribulation.
(c) The middle course is the path between youth and maturity.
(d) The middle course is the path between love and hate.

10. What system does the author say he observed while he was a guest in the home of a young married couple?
(a) The fairness system.
(b) The silent system.
(c) The secrecy system.
(d) The Stanislavsky system.

11. What effect does giving of thanks have on first love?
(a) Giving of thanks augments first love.
(b) Giving of thanks changes first love to hatred.
(c) Giving of thanks decreases first love.
(d) Giving of thanks has no effect on first love.

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

13. What does the author say the actual experience of love is?
(a) An awakening.
(b) Deeply painful.
(c) A falling backward.
(d) A pretty song.

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

15. Who does the author say has triumphed?
(a) The man who earns enough money to provide for his family.
(b) The man who defeats all of his adversaries in business.
(c) The man who dominates his wife.
(d) The man who puts the state of his relationship with his wife at the top of his list of concerns.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the second subject Kierkegaard examines?

2. What does first love not fear according to the author?

3. First love is equivalent to what type of faith according to the author?

4. How does marital love manifest itself as historical?

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

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