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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 first subject Kierkegaard discusses?
(a) Friendship.
(b) Hatred.
(c) Passion.
(d) Marriage.

2. What is adversity according to the author?
(a) The death of marriage.
(b) The beginning of a love affair.
(c) The end of one's life.
(d) Part of marriage.

3. What aspect of love does the author say is momentary?
(a) The tender aspect.
(b) The sensuous aspect.
(c) The hateful aspect.
(d) The romantic aspect.

4. According to the author, true marriage includes the religious and what other element?
(a) The erotic.
(b) The sacrilegious.
(c) The fated.
(d) The pure.

5. To whom does the author compare the young man when he is ill-tempered?
(a) King David.
(b) Pontius Pilate.
(c) Mohammed.
(d) Herod.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does an individual become when his heart is open according to the author?

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

4. What is the one the thing the author says he thanks God for?

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

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