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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 path does nature take according to the author?
(a) The widest path.
(b) The hilliest path.
(c) The longest path.
(d) The shortest path.

2. What is the author of the letter accustomed to writing on?
(a) Full sheets.
(b) Papyrus.
(c) Tablets of stone.
(d) Parchment.

3. According to the author, true marriage includes the religious and what other element?
(a) The sacrilegious.
(b) The fated.
(c) The pure.
(d) The erotic.

4. Where does the author say the young man might be intoxicated by aesthetic pleasure?
(a) A cricket match.
(b) A baseball game.
(c) The theatre.
(d) An art gallery.

5. What does the author write is on the other side of the aesthetic?
(a) The indifferent.
(b) The joyous.
(c) The romantic.
(d) The hateful.

Short Answer Questions

1. What moment does the newly married couple attempt to postpone?

2. What does the author say is another way to articulate the importance of living aesthetically?

3. To what does he assert he sacrifices his life?

4. What does the author say concerns the young man?

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

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