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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. How does marital love manifest itself as historical?
(a) By being a process of destroying.
(b) By being a process of history.
(c) By being a process of dominating.
(d) By being a process of assimilation.

2. What does first love not need according to the author?
(a) Fame.
(b) Attention.
(c) Money.
(d) Support.

3. What character in opera does the author say embodies the state preceding love?
(a) Page in FIGARO.
(b) Tristan in TRISTAN AND ISOLDE.
(c) Wotan in THE RING CYCLE.
(d) Don Giovanni in DON GIOVANNI.

4. What does the author say would be a matter of indifference to Christians?
(a) Whether Christ physically rose from the dead.
(b) Whether Christ was ugly or handsome.
(c) Whether Christ was literally an incarnation of almighty God.
(d) Whether Christ was born in December or July.

5. According to the author, what is love itself?
(a) An illusion.
(b) The aesthetic.
(c) A myth.
(d) The easy path.

Short Answer Questions

1. From whom does King David hear a parable?

2. What concept does the author of the letter introduce at the beginning of this section?

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

4. What does the author say that every order of life, including marriage, has?

5. What does the author say is the young man's position in relation to philosophy?

(see the answer key)

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