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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 does the author say that the first love always is?
(a) A profound evil.
(b) The highest earthly good.
(c) A terrific bore.
(d) An unavoidable necessity.

2. Of what two things is first love a unity?
(a) Hot and cold.
(b) Love and hate.
(c) Passion and indifference.
(d) Freedom and necessity.

3. What aspect of love does the author say is momentary?
(a) The sensuous aspect.
(b) The tender aspect.
(c) The romantic aspect.
(d) The hateful aspect.

4. According to the author, what happens to the value of an original, or first, thing if it may be repeated?
(a) The value remains the same.
(b) The value increases.
(c) The value decreases.
(d) The first thing never had any value.

5. What is the only thing for which the author prays to God with his whole heart?
(a) That God will give him the judgement to know when his wife is lying.
(b) That God will give him the strength never to want to love another woman.
(c) That God will give him the patience to put up with his wife's nagging.
(d) That God will give him the strength to move on after his wife stops loving him.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Byron declare about love according to the author?

2. What is the opening phrase of the work?

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

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

5. In what form is EITHER/OR written?

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