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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. According to the author, what is the lifeblood of marriage?
(a) Uprightness.
(b) Frankness.
(c) Openness on a large scale.
(d) All of these.

2. What does the author say an aesthetic representation requires?
(a) A beautiful picture frame.
(b) Concentration on the moment.
(c) Lots of laughter.
(d) Lots of money.

3. What does the author say art and poetry do for us?
(a) Art and poetry delight us in the moment of consummation.
(b) Art and poetry bore most of us to tears.
(c) Art and poetry amaze us with the complexity of their construction.
(d) Art and poetry torture us with their beauty.

4. What occasion caused the young man to fume according to the author?
(a) A funeral.
(b) A birthday party.
(c) A church wedding.
(d) A Mayday party.

5. Why does the author say it seems superfluous to tell the young man what is aesthetic?
(a) Because the young man is not a real person.
(b) Because the young man has surely burned the letter already.
(c) Because the young man is an aesthetic virtuoso.
(d) Because the young man surely will not listen.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the author describe the way of history?

2. What does the author anticipate will be the young man's first objection to married life?

3. In addition to having a priority in itself, what other quality does marital love possess according to the author?

4. What does the author believe accounts for the young man's excessive anxiety?

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

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