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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. To what religion does the author say marriage belongs?
(a) Buddhism.
(b) Islam.
(c) Hinduism.
(d) Christianity.

2. Between what two types of doubt does the author say it is important to distinguish?
(a) No doubt and full doubt.
(b) Personal and scientific doubt.
(c) Religious and erotic doubt.
(d) Temporal and eternal doubt.

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

4. What is the only way the author claims he would ever wish to be in relation to his wife?
(a) Polygamous.
(b) Monogamous.
(c) Submissive.
(d) Dominant.

5. What does the author say the actual experience of love is?
(a) An awakening.
(b) A pretty song.
(c) A falling backward.
(d) Deeply painful.

Short Answer Questions

1. What character in opera does the author say embodies the state preceding love?

2. What is ostensibly one of the most respectable reasons for getting married according to the author?

3. What occasion caused the young man to fume according to the author?

4. In what form is EITHER/OR written?

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

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