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. To what does the author compare the engagement period?
(a) The time one spends at the hair salon.
(b) Being held underwater, dying for a gasp of fresh air.
(c) The time it takes many people to dive into the water when they go swimming.
(d) Being tortured on the rack.

2. What is the first subject Kierkegaard discusses?
(a) Hatred.
(b) Friendship.
(c) Marriage.
(d) Passion.

3. In discussing the the aesthetic of marriage, upon what does the author of the letter draw?
(a) The author draws on invented examples of marriage.
(b) The author draws on examples from his friend's marriage.
(c) The author draws on examples from his own marriage.
(d) The author draws on examples from Confucius's marriage.

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

5. Why does the author suggest the young man may be "depressed" and fear marriage?
(a) The young man may be thinking, "She doesn't really love me; all love is false."
(b) The young man's parents were unhappy in their marriage and abused him all his life.
(c) Perhaps the young man has not been taking his medication.
(d) 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."