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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 1, Either/Or : Chapter 11, Equilibrium - Part 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens to choice if one admits meditation according to the author?
(a) If one admits meditation, absolute choice ceases to be meditation.
(b) If one admits meditation, there is no effect whatsoever on absolute choice.
(c) There is no absolute choice unless one admits meditation.
(d) If one admits meditation, then there is no absolute choice.

2. What is love according to the author?
(a) Selfish.
(b) Elusive.
(c) Self-giving.
(d) Cruel.

3. What is the relationship between marriage and first love according to the author?
(a) Marriage is the annihilation of first love.
(b) Marriage is the transfiguration of first love.
(c) Marriage is the equivalent of first love.
(d) There is no relationship between marriage and first love according to the author.

4. The author asserts that just as nothing is impossible for God, nothing is impossible for whom?
(a) The religious individual.
(b) The humble individual.
(c) The powerful individual.
(d) The pure individual.

5. Who is the only person who has gained everything according to the author?
(a) The person who has laughed at the faults of another.
(b) The person who has lost everything in the world.
(c) The person who has gained everything in the world.
(d) The person who has laughed at his faults.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the author claim Martin Luther said a Christian has never died of?

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

3. How does the author describe the way of history?

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

5. What does the author say his era has discerned about romantic love very well?

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