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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The author claims what kind of feelings toward his wife?
(a) Feelings of sadness.
(b) Feelings of devotion.
(c) Feelings of anxiety.
(d) Feelings of anger.

2. 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.

3. According to the author how does philosophy view history?
(a) Philosophy sees history under the category of freedom.
(b) Philosophy sees history under the category of necessity.
(c) Philosophy sees history under the category of meteorology.
(d) Philosophy sees history under the category of mathematics.

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

5. Between what two types of doubt does the author say it is important to distinguish?
(a) Personal and scientific doubt.
(b) Temporal and eternal doubt.
(c) No doubt and full doubt.
(d) Religious and erotic doubt.

Short Answer Questions

1. What occasion caused the young man to fume according to the author?

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

3. What is the author's stated attitude toward these feelings?

4. What does the author say an aesthetic representation requires?

5. What does the author say are the spheres proper to thought?

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