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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 character in opera does the author say embodies the state preceding love?
(a) Page in FIGARO.
(b) Don Giovanni in DON GIOVANNI.
(c) Wotan in THE RING CYCLE.
(d) Tristan in TRISTAN AND ISOLDE.

2. What is the middle course that the "marriage of convenience" takes according to the author?
(a) The middle course is the path between immediate love, and calculating understanding.
(b) The middle course is the path between comfort and tribulation.
(c) The middle course is the path between love and hate.
(d) The middle course is the path between youth and maturity.

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 blind.
(c) By recalling that love makes one fly.
(d) By recalling that love makes one feel quite good.

4. What does first love not need according to the author?
(a) Attention.
(b) Support.
(c) Money.
(d) Fame.

5. What is adversity according to the author?
(a) The death of marriage.
(b) The beginning of a love affair.
(c) The end of one's life.
(d) Part of marriage.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Who does the author say has triumphed?

4. Who has lost himself in another according to the author?

5. What concept does the author of the letter introduce at the beginning of this section?

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