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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. Why must a captain of a ship make swift decisions about direction changes?
(a) Because the captain's crew is rather inept.
(b) Because the captain constantly changes his mind.
(c) Because the captain's ship is old and takes along time to adjust its course.
(d) Because while the captain is deciding, the ship continues forward at a constant velocity.

2. Why do the author's two Englishmen travel to Arabia?
(a) To purchase horses.
(b) To visit Mecca.
(c) To discuss philosophy.
(d) To smoke tobacco.

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

4. What does the author say concerns the young man?
(a) Either/Or.
(b) Nothing.
(c) His parents.
(d) Serious questions of philosophy.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of person does the author say the young man is like?

2. What does the author assert is more important than cultivating one's mind?

3. What kind of woman does the author compare the young man to?

4. What is the author's stated attitude toward these feelings?

5. How does the author say the young man lives?

(see the answer key)

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