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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 romantic love is built on?
(a) An undeniable reality.
(b) An illusion.
(c) An ocean.
(d) A rock.

2. How does the author say the young man lives?
(a) The author says the young man lives by stealing happy moments.
(b) The author says the young man lives by creeping up unnoticed on people.
(c) The author says the young man lives by plundering.
(d) All of these.

3. What is the author's stated attitude toward these feelings?
(a) The author writes that the feelings are the best kind of feelings.
(b) The author writes that the feelings are aberrant.
(c) The author writes that the feelings are entirely natural.
(d) The author writes that the feelings are disturbing.

4. What does Byron declare about love according to the author?
(a) Love is irrelevant and marriage is significant.
(b) Love is heaven and marriage is hell.
(c) Love torment and marriage is peace.
(d) Love is false and marriage is true.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How does the author say the young man may best perceive the state that precedes first love?

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

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

5. Why is "sympathetic" depression noble according to the author of the letter?

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