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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. To whom does the author compare the young man when he is ill-tempered?
(a) Mohammed.
(b) Herod.
(c) Pontius Pilate.
(d) King David.

2. At what moment is love annihilated according to the author?
(a) The moment it becomes conscious of itself.
(b) The moment it sins.
(c) The moment it doubts.
(d) The moment it becomes hate.

3. What does the author assert reflective love does?
(a) Hates itself.
(b) Consumes itself.
(c) The author asserts reflective love does not exist.
(d) Renews itself.

4. What effect does giving of thanks have on first love?
(a) Giving of thanks has no effect on first love.
(b) Giving of thanks changes first love to hatred.
(c) Giving of thanks augments first love.
(d) Giving of thanks decreases first love.

5. What are the excesses of the mystics according to the author of the letter?
(a) Drinking and drug taking.
(b) Praying all day and all night.
(c) Self-tormenting and annihilation of the physical.
(d) Attempting to help every person they come across.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the first subject Kierkegaard discusses?

2. What does the author say the young man he is writing to wants to be?

3. What quality does the author say love shares with everything eternal?

4. What does the author say that the first love always is?

5. Which part of the wedding does the author find rather backward?

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