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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. In addition to having a priority in itself, what other quality does marital love possess according to the author?
(a) Constancy.
(b) Profligacy.
(c) Uncertainty.
(d) Ephemerality.

2. What is the married man's most dangerous enemy according to the author?
(a) Time.
(b) His conscience.
(c) His wife's suitors.
(d) His wife.

3. What is the author's attitude toward scholarship?
(a) The author is amused by scholarship.
(b) The author despises scholarship.
(c) The author respects scholarship.
(d) The author is utterly devoted to scholarship.

4. What phrase does the young man fling about according to the author?
(a) "It takes one to know one."
(b) "Too many cooks spoil the broth."
(c) "It is not the given that is great, but the acquired."
(d) "A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush."

5. How does the author describe a couple's connection in a marriage of convenience?
(a) The connection is immoral and fragile.
(b) The connection is safe but unrewarding.
(c) The connection is sexy and suffocating.
(d) The connection is moral but shallow.

Short Answer Questions

1. The author asserts that making a good choice does not depend so much on deliberation as on what?

2. According to the author, what is love itself?

3. What path does nature take according to the author?

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

5. What is the author's answer to the claim that poverty may be a serious difficulty for marriage?

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