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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 1, Either/Or : Chapter 9, Equilibrium.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. To what kind of wedding ceremony does the author of the letter refer?
(a) A United Methodist ceremony.
(b) A Roman Catholic ceremony.
(c) A Danish Lutheran ceremony.
(d) A Presbyterian ceremony.

2. What does the author say an aesthetic representation requires?
(a) Lots of laughter.
(b) A beautiful picture frame.
(c) Concentration on the moment.
(d) Lots of money.

3. What are the excesses of the mystics according to the author of the letter?
(a) Attempting to help every person they come across.
(b) Self-tormenting and annihilation of the physical.
(c) Praying all day and all night.
(d) Drinking and drug taking.

4. How fast do philosophers hasten to the past according to the author?
(a) So fast that only philosophy's coattails remain in the present.
(b) So fast that it ends up in the future.
(c) Philosophy never hastens to the past.
(d) So fast that none of philosophy remains in the present at all.

5. What does the author say the actual experience of love is?
(a) A falling backward.
(b) An awakening.
(c) A pretty song.
(d) Deeply painful.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the author say art and poetry do for us?

2. What does the author say that the first love always is?

3. Between what two things does the writer say there may exist a significant difference?

4. What does the author say the young man's attitude toward ethics is?

5. What does the author say can crush the aesthetic in a human being?

(see the answer key)

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