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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. Of what two things is first love a unity?
(a) Love and hate.
(b) Freedom and necessity.
(c) Hot and cold.
(d) Passion and indifference.

2. What is the reader to understand about the content of Kierkegaard's letter?
(a) The reader is to understand that the contents of the letter apply to the prophet Nathan.
(b) The reader is to understand that the contents of the letter apply to Kierkegaard's wife.
(c) The reader is to understand that the contents of the letter apply to King David.
(d) The reader is to understand that the contents of the letter apply to the reader himself and not to another.

3. How is it said that married folk should live according to the author?
(a) In good understanding of one another.
(b) In never-ending bliss.
(c) In confusion.
(d) In utter silence.

4. What is the author's answer to the claim that poverty may be a serious difficulty for marriage?
(a) Work.
(b) Pray.
(c) Eat.
(d) Love.

5. What is the only way the author claims he would ever wish to be in relation to his wife?
(a) Dominant.
(b) Monogamous.
(c) Polygamous.
(d) Submissive.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the only person who has gained everything according to the author?

2. What is the middle course that the "marriage of convenience" takes according to the author?

3. In addition to having a priority in itself, what other quality does marital love possess according to the author?

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

5. To what kind of wedding ceremony does the author of the letter refer?

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