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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. First love is equivalent to what type of faith according to the author?
(a) The type of faith the poor have.
(b) The type of faith the haughty and vain have.
(c) The type of faith that believes there has never been anything but itself.
(d) The type of faith that believes itself capable of moving mountains.
2. According to the author how does philosophy view history?
(a) Philosophy sees history under the category of meteorology.
(b) Philosophy sees history under the category of mathematics.
(c) Philosophy sees history under the category of freedom.
(d) Philosophy sees history under the category of necessity.
3. How ought we deal with the frail according to the author?
(a) We ought to deal with the frail lovingly.
(b) We ought to kick the frail down the stairs.
(c) We ought to speak very slowly to the frail.
(d) We ought to be polite to the frail in their presence and save our snickering for when they are gone.
4. If the the young man fails his wife, who does the author say will punish him?
(a) The author says his wife will punish the young man.
(b) The author says the young man will punish himself.
(c) The author says the Danish marriage police will punish the young man.
(d) The author says the state will punish the young man.
5. Why does the author say it seems superfluous to tell the young man what is aesthetic?
(a) Because the young man surely will not listen.
(b) Because the young man is not a real person.
(c) Because the young man is an aesthetic virtuoso.
(d) Because the young man has surely burned the letter already.
Short Answer Questions
1. What idea does the insane man, of whom the author writes, have fixed in his head?
2. What is the married man's most dangerous enemy according to the author?
3. What does the author say is "the last to be satisfied"?
4. What phrase does the young man fling about according to the author?
5. Every coming into existence, according to the author, always has an element of what?
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