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 relationship between marriage and first love according to the author?
(a) There is no relationship between marriage and first love according to the author.
(b) Marriage is the transfiguration of first love.
(c) Marriage is the annihilation of first love.
(d) Marriage is the equivalent of first love.

2. What does the author say would be a matter of indifference to Christians?
(a) Whether Christ was literally an incarnation of almighty God.
(b) Whether Christ physically rose from the dead.
(c) Whether Christ was ugly or handsome.
(d) Whether Christ was born in December or July.

3. What does the author say first love is for him?
(a) A password.
(b) A good word.
(c) A bad word.
(d) A catch phrase.

4. 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 the prophet Nathan.
(c) The reader is to understand that the contents of the letter apply to Kierkegaard's wife.
(d) The reader is to understand that the contents of the letter apply to King David.

5. How does the author say the young man may best perceive the state that precedes first love?
(a) By recalling that love makes one feel quite good.
(b) By recalling that love makes one fly.
(c) By recalling that love makes one lost.
(d) By recalling that love makes one blind.