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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 does the author say first love is for him?
(a) A catch phrase.
(b) A bad word.
(c) A good word.
(d) A password.

2. Between what two types of doubt does the author say it is important to distinguish?
(a) Personal and scientific doubt.
(b) Temporal and eternal doubt.
(c) No doubt and full doubt.
(d) Religious and erotic doubt.

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

4. 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 laughed at his faults.
(d) The person who has gained everything in the world.

5. What does the author say that the first love always is?
(a) A terrific bore.
(b) The highest earthly good.
(c) An unavoidable necessity.
(d) A profound evil.

Short Answer Questions

1. What phrase does the young man fling about according to the author?

2. What does Either/Or represent?

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

4. What history does the author say proves to be incommensurable for poetry?

5. What are the excesses of the mystics according to the author of the letter?

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