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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. 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.

2. In what form is EITHER/OR written?
(a) In the form of a lecture.
(b) In the form of a code.
(c) In the form of a casual conversation.
(d) In the form of an epistle.

3. What does the author say belongs in every marriage but is missing from a marriage of convenience?
(a) The temporal.
(b) The cruel.
(c) The erotic.
(d) The eternal.

4. What does the author say is another way to articulate the importance of living aesthetically?
(a) One must destroy life.
(b) One must find the truth.
(c) One must marry well.
(d) One must enjoy life.

5. What does first love not fear according to the author?
(a) Calamity.
(b) Laughter.
(c) Danger.
(d) Lust.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What character in opera does the author say embodies the state preceding love?

3. What does the author say his era has discerned about romantic love very well?

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

5. According to the author, reflection never reaches beyond what?

(see the answer key)

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