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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 write is on the other side of the aesthetic?
(a) The indifferent.
(b) The joyous.
(c) The hateful.
(d) The romantic.

2. What does the author say an aesthetic representation requires?
(a) Lots of laughter.
(b) Lots of money.
(c) Concentration on the moment.
(d) A beautiful picture frame.

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

4. What does the author anticipate will be the young man's first objection to married life?
(a) The monotony of it all.
(b) The falseness of it all.
(c) The cuteness of it all.
(d) The conventionality of it all.

5. What kind of woman does the author compare the young man to?
(a) A spurned woman.
(b) A woman in labor.
(c) A jealous woman.
(d) A woman in love.

Short Answer Questions

1. From whom does King David hear a parable?

2. If a sailor is enchanted by a mermaid's song, what is the only way to break the spell according to the author?

3. The author claims what kind of feelings toward his wife?

4. What does Either/Or represent?

5. How does marital love manifest itself as historical?

(see the answer key)

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