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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Either/Or : Chapter 13, Ultimatum and.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does the author suggest one may remain happy and fulfilled despite terrible fortune and even personal tragedy?
(a) By accepting that in relation to God one is always in the wrong.
(b) By thinking positively.
(c) By accepting that he is worthless and deserves everything that comes to him.
(d) By accepting that God is angry at him.

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

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

4. What does the author say is like a bitter medicine?
(a) Drinking hemlock.
(b) Admitting one must go to therapy.
(c) Admitting one is depressed.
(d) Admitting one is in the wrong.

5. According to the author, an esthetically beautiful marriage is always a what?
(a) An exhilarating one.
(b) A happy one.
(c) A dull one.
(d) A sad one.

Short Answer Questions

1. If a sailor is enchanted by a mermaid's song, what is the only way to break the spell according to the author?

2. Into what two categories does the author say he can divide the difficulties in marriage?

3. Of what two things is first love a unity?

4. Where does the author say the young man might be intoxicated by aesthetic pleasure?

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

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