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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 that the young man thinks life is?
(a) A masquerade.
(b) A lark.
(c) A fair.
(d) A trial.

2. According to the author, what is love itself?
(a) An illusion.
(b) The aesthetic.
(c) A myth.
(d) The easy path.

3. How does marital love manifest itself as historical?
(a) By being a process of dominating.
(b) By being a process of history.
(c) By being a process of destroying.
(d) By being a process of assimilation.

4. What is the only thing for which the author thanks God with his whole soul?
(a) That his wife is the only woman he has ever loved.
(b) That his wife is the last person he will ever love.
(c) That his wife has many hobbies which keep her occupied.
(d) That his wife loves him with all her heart.

5. What does the author say is the young man's position in relation to philosophy?
(a) The young man's position is indifferent to philosophy.
(b) The young man's position is friendly to philosophy.
(c) The young man's position is anathema to philosophy.
(d) The young man's position is mildly at odds with philosophy.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who has lost himself in another according to the author?

2. To what kind of wedding ceremony does the author of the letter refer?

3. What happens to the person who profits by being secretive according to the author?

4. From whom does King David hear a parable?

5. What does the author say are the spheres proper to thought?

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