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

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

3. What is the relationship between marriage and first love according to the author?
(a) Marriage is the equivalent of first love.
(b) Marriage is the transfiguration of first love.
(c) There is no relationship between marriage and first love according to the author.
(d) Marriage is the annihilation of first love.

4. Into what two categories does the author say he can divide the difficulties in marriage?
(a) Serious and trivial.
(b) Inner and outer.
(c) Kind and cruel.
(d) Sweet and bitter.

5. What does the author say is the most intensive enjoyment?
(a) Clutching the enjoyment in the consciousness that it may vanish in the next moment.
(b) Sexual intercourse.
(c) Dreaming as if you would live forever.
(d) Drug taking.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does first love not need according to the author?

2. How does the author say he must always be with the young man?

3. What is the opening phrase of the work?

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

5. At what moment is love annihilated according to the author?

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