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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 1, Either/Or : Chapter 11, Equilibrium - Part 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the author say are the spheres proper to thought?
(a) Nature.
(b) All of these.
(c) History.
(d) Logic.

2. Into what two categories does the author say he can divide the difficulties in marriage?
(a) Kind and cruel.
(b) Sweet and bitter.
(c) Serious and trivial.
(d) Inner and outer.

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

4. Why is the author accustomed to writing on this particular object?
(a) Because he is blind.
(b) Because he is a public official.
(c) Because he lives in ancient Egypt.
(d) Because he lives in modern India.

5. On the whole, what does the author say it is to choose?
(a) A polite term for selfishness.
(b) An asinine term for the hypothetical.
(c) A stringent term for the ethical.
(d) A ridiculous term for duty.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the author say God's love is?

2. When discussing adversity with the young man, against what does the author warn?

3. What is the quality of marital love's movements?

4. Who does the author say cannot love?

5. What is the first subject Kierkegaard discusses?

(see the answer key)

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