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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. What character in opera does the author say embodies the state preceding love?
(a) Wotan in THE RING CYCLE.
(b) Tristan in TRISTAN AND ISOLDE.
(c) Page in FIGARO.
(d) Don Giovanni in DON GIOVANNI.

2. What does first love not need according to the author?
(a) Money.
(b) Fame.
(c) Attention.
(d) Support.

3. Which part of the wedding does the author find rather backward?
(a) The author thinks the man ought to wear the dress and the woman the tuxedo.
(b) The author thinks "as long as you both shall live" is a little extreme.
(c) The author thinks it incorrect that he is supposed to be in charge of his wife.
(d) The author thinks he ought to be able to have as many love affairs as he likes.

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

5. Why is "sympathetic" depression noble according to the author of the letter?
(a) "Sympathetic" depression is highly attractive in a young man.
(b) "Sympathetic" depression is for the sake of another.
(c) The author has proclaimed it!
(d) "Sympathetic" depression is the depression of the landed gentry.

Short Answer Questions

1. To what do doubt and despair belong according to the author?

2. If one can "lose the whole world" without damaging one's soul, the author of the letter asserts, then what must "one's soul" prove to be?

3. According to the author, true marriage includes the religious and what other element?

4. To what does the author of the letter compare the young man at the end of this section?

5. Every coming into existence, according to the author, always has an element of what?

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