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

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

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

4. What does the author write is on the other side of the aesthetic?
(a) The romantic.
(b) The hateful.
(c) The joyous.
(d) The indifferent.

5. What natural need does every human being have according to the author?
(a) The need to marry.
(b) The need to formulate a life view.
(c) The need to find God.
(d) The need to exonerate himself.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

4. What phrase does the young man fling about according to the author?

5. What is the author's attitude toward depression?

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