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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 system does the author say he observed while he was a guest in the home of a young married couple?
(a) The fairness system.
(b) The secrecy system.
(c) The silent system.
(d) The Stanislavsky system.

2. In addition to having a priority in itself, what other quality does marital love possess according to the author?
(a) Constancy.
(b) Uncertainty.
(c) Profligacy.
(d) Ephemerality.

3. The author asserts that making a good choice does not depend so much on deliberation as on what?
(a) A baptism of the will.
(b) Just doing what one feels.
(c) A learning of correctness.
(d) What others wish for one to do.

4. What does first love not fear according to the author?
(a) Calamity.
(b) Laughter.
(c) Danger.
(d) Lust.

5. According to the author, reflection never reaches beyond what?
(a) Prayer.
(b) The power of marriage.
(c) A man being what he is.
(d) Meditation.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the author, what is love itself?

2. How ought we deal with the frail according to the author?

3. Between what two things does the writer say there may exist a significant difference?

4. At what moment is love annihilated according to the author?

5. What does the author accuse the young man of having become?

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