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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 does the author say are the spheres proper to thought?
(a) All of these.
(b) Nature.
(c) History.
(d) Logic.

2. In addition to having a priority in itself, what other quality does marital love possess according to the author?
(a) Uncertainty.
(b) Ephemerality.
(c) Profligacy.
(d) Constancy.

3. How does the author describe the way of history?
(a) The author describes the way of history as being very long and arduous.
(b) The author describes the way of history as being ultimately amusing.
(c) The author describes the way of history as being a tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing.
(d) The author describes the way of history as being only apparent many years after the fact.

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

5. Why does the author say he fights for Either/Or in his letter to the young man?
(a) For beauty.
(b) For money.
(c) For freedom.
(d) For fidelity.

Short Answer Questions

1. To what kind of wedding ceremony does the author of the letter refer?

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

3. What does the author say is another way to articulate the importance of living aesthetically?

4. If the the young man fails his wife, who does the author say will punish him?

5. What does the author write is on the other side of the aesthetic?

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