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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 is everyone born with a penchant for according to the author?
(a) Painting pictures.
(b) Climbing hills.
(c) Singing songs.
(d) Descending hills.

2. What does the author say cannot survive in the young man's thought?
(a) Morals.
(b) The infinite.
(c) The finite.
(d) Ethics.

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

4. What is the author's answer to the claim that poverty may be a serious difficulty for marriage?
(a) Love.
(b) Work.
(c) Eat.
(d) Pray.

5. What does the author accuse the young man of having become?
(a) A prostitute.
(b) A thief.
(c) A critic.
(d) A liar.

Short Answer Questions

1. What natural need does every human being have according to the author?

2. What is adversity according to the author?

3. How fast do philosophers hasten to the past according to the author?

4. What idea does the insane man, of whom the author writes, have fixed in his head?

5. What effect does giving of thanks have on first love?

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