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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. Why is "sympathetic" depression noble according to the author of the letter?
(a) "Sympathetic" depression is highly attractive in a young man.
(b) "Sympathetic" depression is the depression of the landed gentry.
(c) The author has proclaimed it!
(d) "Sympathetic" depression is for the sake of another.

2. To what religion does the author say marriage belongs?
(a) Hinduism.
(b) Christianity.
(c) Buddhism.
(d) Islam.

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

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

5. The author claims there is the deepest relationship between what two things?
(a) A choice and the people surrounding the person choosing.
(b) Denmark and Norway.
(c) A choice and the one who is choosing.
(d) A man and woman who have gotten divorced.

Short Answer Questions

1. What idea does the insane man, of whom the author writes, have fixed in his head?

2. What does the author say the actual experience of love is?

3. What does an individual become when his heart is open according to the author?

4. What happens to choice if one admits meditation according to the author?

5. What is love according to the author?

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