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

2. 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 a blushing bride.
(b) The author compares the young man to an actor.
(c) The author compares the young man to a bull rider.
(d) The author compares the young man to the pilot of a ship.

3. What does the author say God's love is?
(a) Incomprehensible.
(b) Indiscriminate.
(c) Cruel.
(d) Understandable.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the author say that the first love always is?

2. What is the reader to understand about the content of Kierkegaard's letter?

3. What is the first subject Kierkegaard discusses?

4. According to the author, what happens to the value of an original, or first, thing if it may be repeated?

5. What is the middle course that the "marriage of convenience" takes according to the author?

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