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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 1, Either/Or : Chapter 5, Aesthetic Validity of Marriage.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the author say the young man he is writing to wants to be?
(a) Fate.
(b) An archangel.
(c) A priest.
(d) A pig.

2. How does the author say the young man lives?
(a) The author says the young man lives by creeping up unnoticed on people.
(b) The author says the young man lives by stealing happy moments.
(c) The author says the young man lives by plundering.
(d) All of these.

3. What occasion caused the young man to fume according to the author?
(a) A church wedding.
(b) A Mayday party.
(c) A birthday party.
(d) A funeral.

4. What does first love not need according to the author?
(a) Fame.
(b) Money.
(c) Attention.
(d) Support.

5. To what kind of wedding ceremony does the author of the letter refer?
(a) A United Methodist ceremony.
(b) A Presbyterian ceremony.
(c) A Roman Catholic ceremony.
(d) A Danish Lutheran ceremony.

Short Answer Questions

1. What idea does the insane man, of whom the author writes, have fixed in his head?

2. How does the author describe a couple's connection in a marriage of convenience?

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

4. Who has lost himself in another according to the author?

5. What does David understand about the parable?

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