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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 moment does the newly married couple attempt to postpone?
(a) The moment of tenderness.
(b) The moment the couple realizes they are bored.
(c) The moment of risk.
(d) The moment of consummation.

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

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

4. In addition to having a priority in itself, what other quality does marital love possess according to the author?
(a) Profligacy.
(b) Uncertainty.
(c) Constancy.
(d) Ephemerality.

5. What is the second subject Kierkegaard examines?
(a) Messages from God.
(b) Messages from distant cousins.
(c) Messages from yourself.
(d) Messages in bottles.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is David unable to appreciate about the parable?

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

3. In what form is EITHER/OR written?

4. Who does Kirkegaard explain the letter was intended for?

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

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