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

2. How does marital love manifest itself as historical?
(a) By being a process of destroying.
(b) By being a process of assimilation.
(c) By being a process of dominating.
(d) By being a process of history.

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

4. Why is "sympathetic" depression noble according to the author of the letter?
(a) "Sympathetic" depression is the depression of the landed gentry.
(b) "Sympathetic" depression is highly attractive in a young man.
(c) The author has proclaimed it!
(d) "Sympathetic" depression is for the sake of another.

5. Which part of the wedding does the author find rather backward?
(a) The author thinks he ought to be able to have as many love affairs as he likes.
(b) The author thinks the man ought to wear the dress and the woman the tuxedo.
(c) The author thinks it incorrect that he is supposed to be in charge of his wife.
(d) The author thinks "as long as you both shall live" is a little extreme.

Short Answer Questions

1. From whom does King David hear a parable?

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

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

4. What does the author say is the defect of his era?

5. What does the author claim Martin Luther said a Christian has never died of?

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