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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 is adversity according to the author?
(a) The beginning of a love affair.
(b) The end of one's life.
(c) Part of marriage.
(d) The death of marriage.

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

3. First love is equivalent to what type of faith according to the author?
(a) The type of faith that believes there has never been anything but itself.
(b) The type of faith the haughty and vain have.
(c) The type of faith the poor have.
(d) The type of faith that believes itself capable of moving mountains.

4. What does the author say first love is for him?
(a) A bad word.
(b) A good word.
(c) A catch phrase.
(d) A password.

5. According to the author, what is the lifeblood of marriage?
(a) All of these.
(b) Uprightness.
(c) Openness on a large scale.
(d) Frankness.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How ought we deal with the frail according to the author?

3. What are the excesses of the mystics according to the author of the letter?

4. What does Byron declare about love according to the author?

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

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