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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 1, Either/Or : Chapter 4, Aesthetic Validity of Marriage.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the only way the author claims he would ever wish to be in relation to his wife?
(a) Submissive.
(b) Dominant.
(c) Monogamous.
(d) Polygamous.

2. What is David unable to appreciate about the parable?
(a) David is unable to appreciate Nathan's literary skill.
(b) David is unable to appreciate the time Nathan takes to convey the parable.
(c) David is unable to appreciate how the parable applies to his own life.
(d) David is unable to appreciate the hidden language of heaven in the parable.

3. What is the first subject Kierkegaard discusses?
(a) Friendship.
(b) Passion.
(c) Marriage.
(d) Hatred.

4. 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 love and hate.
(c) The middle course is the path between immediate love, and calculating understanding.
(d) The middle course is the path between youth and maturity.

5. According to the author of the letter, to what does a religious person refer everything?
(a) Nature.
(b) Satan.
(c) The Virgin Mary.
(d) God.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the author say first love is for him?

2. How does the author say the young man lives?

3. To what does the author compare the engagement period?

4. In discussing the the aesthetic of marriage, upon what does the author of the letter draw?

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

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