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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. To what does the author compare the engagement period?
(a) The time it takes many people to dive into the water when they go swimming.
(b) Being tortured on the rack.
(c) Being held underwater, dying for a gasp of fresh air.
(d) The time one spends at the hair salon.

2. Why does the author say the young man is afraid of continuity?
(a) Because the young man is afraid of everything.
(b) Because it deprives him of the opportunity to deceive himself.
(c) Because he had a frightening experience with continuity as a chil
(d) Because he enjoys variety.

3. What is David unable to appreciate about the parable?
(a) David is unable to appreciate how the parable applies to his own life.
(b) David is unable to appreciate Nathan's literary skill.
(c) David is unable to appreciate the time Nathan takes to convey the parable.
(d) David is unable to appreciate the hidden language of heaven in the parable.

4. What kind of person does the author say the young man is like?
(a) A flying person.
(b) A mute person.
(c) A dying person.
(d) A deaf person.

5. In discussing the the aesthetic of marriage, upon what does the author of the letter draw?
(a) The author draws on invented examples of marriage.
(b) The author draws on examples from his friend's marriage.
(c) The author draws on examples from his own marriage.
(d) The author draws on examples from Confucius's marriage.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What one word does the author say can describe love?

3. The author asserts that it might seem proper for marital love to begin with a kind of what?

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

5. What is the middle course that the "marriage of convenience" takes according to the author?

(see the answer key)

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