View a FREE sample

This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 1, Either/Or : Chapter 10, Equilibrium.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. First love is equivalent to what type of faith according to the author?
(a) The type of faith that believes there has never been anything but itself.
(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 the haughty and vain have.

2. What is the married man's most dangerous enemy according to the author?
(a) Time.
(b) His wife.
(c) His conscience.
(d) His wife's suitors.

3. 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 missing the erotic moment.
(c) The author believes the young man is afraid of missing all the frivolity of the engagement period.
(d) The author believes the young man is afraid of his father.

4. What does the author claim the aesthetic is?
(a) The aesthetic is a mystery that is fundamentally unknowable.
(b) The aesthetic is that by which a person spontaneously arouses the essence of someone else.
(c) The aesthetic is that by which a person becomes what he becomes.
(d) The aesthetic is that by which a person spontaneously is what he is.

5. What is the only way the author claims he would ever wish to be in relation to his wife?
(a) Dominant.
(b) Polygamous.
(c) Monogamous.
(d) Submissive.

Short Answer Questions

1. The author claims what kind of feelings toward his wife?

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

3. Between what two things does the writer say there may exist a significant difference?

4. Why does the author say he fights for Either/Or in his letter to the young man?

5. Why does the author say it seems superfluous to tell the young man what is aesthetic?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 439 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample