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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 one the thing the author says he thanks God for?
(a) The imperturbability of his soul.
(b) The extraordinary refinement of his tastes.
(c) The clarity of his vision.
(d) The mutability of his humor.

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

3. What moment does the newly married couple attempt to postpone?
(a) The moment of risk.
(b) The moment the couple realizes they are bored.
(c) The moment of tenderness.
(d) The moment of consummation.

4. Between what two types of doubt does the author say it is important to distinguish?
(a) Personal and scientific doubt.
(b) Temporal and eternal doubt.
(c) No doubt and full doubt.
(d) Religious and erotic doubt.

5. 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 is the only woman he has ever loved.
(c) That his wife loves him with all her heart.
(d) That his wife has many hobbies which keep her occupied.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the author believe accounts for the young man's excessive anxiety?

2. How is it said that married folk should live according to the author?

3. Why is "sympathetic" depression noble according to the author of the letter?

4. What is adversity according to the author?

5. From whom does King David hear a parable?

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