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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 1, Either/Or : Chapter 6, Aesthetic Validity of Marriage.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is the only one who has a true conception of who he is according to the author?
(a) The man who can fight.
(b) The man who meditates on mountain tops.
(c) The man who is self-sufficient.
(d) The man who loves.

2. According to the author, an esthetically beautiful marriage is always a what?
(a) A dull one.
(b) A happy one.
(c) An exhilarating one.
(d) A sad one.

3. Who does the author say has triumphed?
(a) The man who defeats all of his adversaries in business.
(b) The man who dominates his wife.
(c) The man who puts the state of his relationship with his wife at the top of his list of concerns.
(d) The man who earns enough money to provide for his family.

4. What character in opera does the author say embodies the state preceding love?
(a) Don Giovanni in DON GIOVANNI.
(b) Wotan in THE RING CYCLE.
(c) Tristan in TRISTAN AND ISOLDE.
(d) Page in FIGARO.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the author assert reflective love does?

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

3. What quality does the author say love shares with everything eternal?

4. What does the author say would be a matter of indifference to Christians?

5. Which part of the wedding does the author find rather backward?

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