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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 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.

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

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

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

5. Why is the author accustomed to writing on this particular object?
(a) Because he is blind.
(b) Because he is a public official.
(c) Because he lives in modern India.
(d) Because he lives in ancient Egypt.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does the author say has triumphed?

2. Every coming into existence, according to the author, always has an element of what?

3. Who does Kirkegaard explain the letter was intended for?

4. To whom does the author compare the young man when he is ill-tempered?

5. To what religion does the author say marriage belongs?

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