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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 1, Either/Or : Chapter 2, Aesthetic Validity of Marriage.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the author of the letter accustomed to writing on?
(a) Parchment.
(b) Full sheets.
(c) Papyrus.
(d) Tablets of stone.

2. What does David understand about the parable?
(a) David understands the message of the parable.
(b) David understands how the parable applies to him.
(c) David does not understand the parable at all.
(d) David understands Nathan is merely trying to manipulate him.

3. What is the first subject Kierkegaard discusses?
(a) Marriage.
(b) Hatred.
(c) Friendship.
(d) Passion.

4. In discussing the the aesthetic of marriage, upon what does the author of the letter draw?
(a) The author draws on examples from his friend's marriage.
(b) The author draws on examples from Confucius's marriage.
(c) The author draws on invented examples of marriage.
(d) The author draws on examples from his own marriage.

5. What does the author say the young man he is writing to wants to be?
(a) A pig.
(b) A priest.
(c) An archangel.
(d) Fate.

Short Answer Questions

1. What one word does the author say can describe love?

2. In what form is EITHER/OR written?

3. What does Byron declare about love according to the author?

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

5. What is the only thing for which the author thanks God with his whole soul?

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