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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 does Byron declare about love according to the author?
(a) Love is heaven and marriage is hell.
(b) Love torment and marriage is peace.
(c) Love is irrelevant and marriage is significant.
(d) Love is false and marriage is true.

2. Who does Kirkegaard explain the letter was intended for?
(a) Nathan.
(b) Bathsheba.
(c) Joel.
(d) A young man.

3. What does the author assert reflective love does?
(a) Hates itself.
(b) Renews itself.
(c) The author asserts reflective love does not exist.
(d) Consumes itself.

4. What aspect of love does the author say is momentary?
(a) The hateful aspect.
(b) The sensuous aspect.
(c) The tender aspect.
(d) The romantic aspect.

5. To what religion does the author say marriage belongs?
(a) Buddhism.
(b) Christianity.
(c) Islam.
(d) Hinduism.

Short Answer Questions

1. The author asserts that it might seem proper for marital love to begin with a kind of what?

2. What does the author say that every order of life, including marriage, has?

3. What is the second subject Kierkegaard examines?

4. What does the author say is the defect of his era?

5. What is the relationship between marriage and first love according to the author?

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