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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 does the author assert reflective love does?
(a) Renews itself.
(b) Consumes itself.
(c) Hates itself.
(d) The author asserts reflective love does not exist.

2. What does the author say that the first love always is?
(a) The highest earthly good.
(b) A profound evil.
(c) An unavoidable necessity.
(d) A terrific bore.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the relationship between marriage and first love according to the author?

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

3. What does the author say is the most intensive enjoyment?

4. What is the author of the letter accustomed to writing on?

5. What does the author say God's love is?

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