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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. How does the author say the young man lives?
(a) The author says the young man lives by plundering.
(b) The author says the young man lives by stealing happy moments.
(c) The author says the young man lives by creeping up unnoticed on people.
(d) All of these.

2. Of what two things is first love a unity?
(a) Love and hate.
(b) Freedom and necessity.
(c) Hot and cold.
(d) Passion and indifference.

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

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

5. To whom does the author compare the young man when he is ill-tempered?
(a) Pontius Pilate.
(b) King David.
(c) Herod.
(d) Mohammed.

Short Answer Questions

1. What character in opera does the author say embodies the state preceding love?

2. To what does the author of the letter compare the young man at the end of this section?

3. What is the author of the letter accustomed to writing on?

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

5. What is the first subject Kierkegaard discusses?

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