This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 1, Either/Or : Chapter 3, Aesthetic Validation of Marriage - First Love.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the reader to understand about the content of Kierkegaard's letter?
(a) The reader is to understand that the contents of the letter apply to the reader himself and not to another.
(b) The reader is to understand that the contents of the letter apply to Kierkegaard's wife.
(c) The reader is to understand that the contents of the letter apply to King David.
(d) The reader is to understand that the contents of the letter apply to the prophet Nathan.

2. What is the only thing for which the author prays to God with his whole heart?
(a) That God will give him the strength never to want to love another woman.
(b) That God will give him the judgement to know when his wife is lying.
(c) That God will give him the patience to put up with his wife's nagging.
(d) That God will give him the strength to move on after his wife stops loving him.

3. To what does the author of the letter compare the young man at the end of this section?
(a) The author compares the young man to an actor.
(b) The author compares the young man to the pilot of a ship.
(c) The author compares the young man to a bull rider.
(d) The author compares the young man to a blushing bride.

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