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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. Why is "sympathetic" depression noble according to the author of the letter?
(a) "Sympathetic" depression is for the sake of another.
(b) "Sympathetic" depression is highly attractive in a young man.
(c) "Sympathetic" depression is the depression of the landed gentry.
(d) The author has proclaimed it!

2. At what moment is love annihilated according to the author?
(a) The moment it doubts.
(b) The moment it becomes hate.
(c) The moment it sins.
(d) The moment it becomes conscious of itself.

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

4. What system does the author say he observed while he was a guest in the home of a young married couple?
(a) The Stanislavsky system.
(b) The fairness system.
(c) The silent system.
(d) The secrecy system.

5. What is the middle course that the "marriage of convenience" takes according to the author?
(a) The middle course is the path between immediate love, and calculating understanding.
(b) The middle course is the path between comfort and tribulation.
(c) The middle course is the path between love and hate.
(d) The middle course is the path between youth and maturity.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does marital love manifest itself as historical?

2. The author claims what kind of feelings toward his wife?

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

4. To what religion does the author say marriage belongs?

5. Between what two types of doubt does the author say it is important to distinguish?

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