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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 does the author say his era has discerned about romantic love very well?
(a) The weakness of it.
(b) The non-existence of it.
(c) The strength of it.
(d) The fleeting quality of it.

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

3. What is the author's stated attitude toward these feelings?
(a) The author writes that the feelings are entirely natural.
(b) The author writes that the feelings are disturbing.
(c) The author writes that the feelings are the best kind of feelings.
(d) The author writes that the feelings are aberrant.

4. Why does the author suggest the young man may be "depressed" and fear marriage?
(a) The young man may be thinking, "Everything may change; what if this person that now I almost worship may change; what if, what if, etc."
(b) Perhaps the young man has not been taking his medication.
(c) The young man may be thinking, "She doesn't really love me; all love is false."
(d) The young man's parents were unhappy in their marriage and abused him all his life.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the opening phrase of the work?

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

4. According to the author of the letter, to what does a religious person refer everything?

5. Where does the author say the young man might be intoxicated by aesthetic pleasure?

(see the answer key)

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