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

2. According to the author, an esthetically beautiful marriage is always a what?
(a) A happy one.
(b) An exhilarating one.
(c) A sad one.
(d) A dull one.

3. What does first love not fear according to the author?
(a) Laughter.
(b) Lust.
(c) Calamity.
(d) Danger.

4. What happens to the person who profits by being secretive according to the author?
(a) He always wins.
(b) He is always tortured.
(c) He always loses.
(d) He always comes in third.

5. What does the author say that every order of life, including marriage, has?
(a) Plebeians.
(b) Paragons.
(c) Traitors.
(d) Workers.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What does the author say the actual experience of love is?

4. What are the excesses of the mystics according to the author of the letter?

5. What does the author say would be a matter of indifference to Christians?

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