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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 1, Either/Or : Chapter 8, Equilibrium.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the relationship between marriage and first love according to the author?
(a) There is no relationship between marriage and first love according to the author.
(b) Marriage is the equivalent of first love.
(c) Marriage is the annihilation of first love.
(d) Marriage is the transfiguration of first love.

2. Wherein is contained the whole wisdom of life according to the author?
(a) In marital commitment.
(b) In religious duty.
(c) In Either/Or.
(d) In sensual pleasure.

3. What does an individual become when his heart is open according to the author?
(a) Eloquent.
(b) Merciful.
(c) Vengeful.
(d) Inarticulate.

4. What is love according to the author?
(a) Self-giving.
(b) Elusive.
(c) Cruel.
(d) Selfish.

5. What creature sends the author into "reverie"?
(a) The elephant.
(b) The jellyfish.
(c) The catfish.
(d) The tiger.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the only one who has a true conception of who he is according to the author?

2. Where does the author say the young man might be intoxicated by aesthetic pleasure?

3. What does the author say that the first love always is?

4. What does Byron declare about love according to the author?

5. How does the author say he must always be with the young man?

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