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

2. What does the author say first love is for him?
(a) A good word.
(b) A bad word.
(c) A catch phrase.
(d) A password.

3. How does the author say the young man may best perceive the state that precedes first love?
(a) By recalling that love makes one lost.
(b) By recalling that love makes one feel quite good.
(c) By recalling that love makes one fly.
(d) By recalling that love makes one blind.

4. What is the quality of marital love's movements?
(a) Marital love's movements are inward.
(b) Marital love's movements are outward.
(c) Marital love's movements are slow.
(d) Marital love's movements are quick.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the author describe a couple's connection in a marriage of convenience?

2. When discussing adversity with the young man, against what does the author warn?

3. Why does the author suggest the young man may be "depressed" and fear marriage?

4. What aspect of love does the author say is momentary?

5. What does the author say that every order of life, including marriage, has?

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