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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. Why does the author suggest the young man may be "depressed" and fear marriage?
(a) The young man may be thinking, "Everything may change; what if this person that now I almost worship may change; what if, what if, etc."
(b) Perhaps the young man has not been taking his medication.
(c) The young man may be thinking, "She doesn't really love me; all love is false."
(d) The young man's parents were unhappy in their marriage and abused him all his life.
2. According to the author, what happens to the value of an original, or first, thing if it may be repeated?
(a) The value increases.
(b) The value decreases.
(c) The value remains the same.
(d) The first thing never had any value.
3. What is the middle course that the "marriage of convenience" takes according to the author?
(a) The middle course is the path between comfort and tribulation.
(b) The middle course is the path between immediate love, and calculating understanding.
(c) The middle course is the path between youth and maturity.
(d) The middle course is the path between love and hate.
4. What concept does the author of the letter introduce at the beginning of this section?
(a) The concept of Either/Or.
(b) The concept of moral accountability.
(c) The concept of bilocation.
(d) The concept of relativity.
5. Who does the author propose might come to the young man for advice?
(a) The author proposes no one would come to the young man for advice.
(b) A brilliant youth, even younger than he.
(c) A coy milkmaid.
(d) A brazenly licentious priest.
Short Answer Questions
1. The author asserts that it might seem proper for marital love to begin with a kind of what?
2. What does the author say he hates?
3. How does the author say he must always be with the young man?
4. Who has lost himself in another according to the author?
5. Who does the author say has triumphed?
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