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 only thing for which the author thanks God with his whole soul?
(a) That his wife has many hobbies which keep her occupied.
(b) That his wife is the last person he will ever love.
(c) That his wife loves him with all her heart.
(d) That his wife is the only woman he has ever loved.

2. Why does the author suggest the young man may be "depressed" and fear marriage?
(a) The young man may be thinking, "Everything may change; what if this person that now I almost worship may change; what if, what if, etc."
(b) Perhaps the young man has not been taking his medication.
(c) The young man may be thinking, "She doesn't really love me; all love is false."
(d) The young man's parents were unhappy in their marriage and abused him all his life.

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

4. What does first love not fear according to the author?
(a) Lust.
(b) Laughter.
(c) Danger.
(d) Calamity.

5. What does the author say his era has discerned about romantic love very well?
(a) The non-existence of it.
(b) The strength of it.
(c) The weakness of it.
(d) The fleeting quality of it.