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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. What one word does the author say can describe love?
(a) It is light.
(b) It is excruciating.
(c) It is immediate.
(d) It is futile.

2. What does the author say romantic love is built on?
(a) An illusion.
(b) A rock.
(c) An ocean.
(d) An undeniable reality.

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

4. The author asserts that just as nothing is impossible for God, nothing is impossible for whom?
(a) The humble individual.
(b) The religious individual.
(c) The powerful individual.
(d) The pure individual.

5. What creature sends the author into "reverie"?
(a) The tiger.
(b) The catfish.
(c) The elephant.
(d) The jellyfish.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the only thing for which the author prays to God with his whole heart?

3. What effect does giving of thanks have on first love?

4. What does first love not need according to the author?

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

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