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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. How is it said that married folk should live according to the author?
(a) In never-ending bliss.
(b) In good understanding of one another.
(c) In utter silence.
(d) In confusion.

2. What does Byron declare about love according to the author?
(a) Love is irrelevant and marriage is significant.
(b) Love torment and marriage is peace.
(c) Love is heaven and marriage is hell.
(d) Love is false and marriage is true.

3. Why must a captain of a ship make swift decisions about direction changes?
(a) Because while the captain is deciding, the ship continues forward at a constant velocity.
(b) Because the captain's crew is rather inept.
(c) Because the captain constantly changes his mind.
(d) Because the captain's ship is old and takes along time to adjust its course.

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

5. What does the author say that the young man thinks life is?
(a) A fair.
(b) A lark.
(c) A trial.
(d) A masquerade.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens to the person who profits by being secretive according to the author?

2. Of what two things is first love a unity?

3. The author asserts that just as nothing is impossible for God, nothing is impossible for whom?

4. What effect does giving of thanks have on first love?

5. To what does the author of the letter compare the young man at the end of this section?

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