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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. If the the young man fails his wife, who does the author say will punish him?
(a) The author says the young man will punish himself.
(b) The author says his wife will punish the young man.
(c) The author says the Danish marriage police will punish the young man.
(d) The author says the state will punish the young man.

2. How does marital love manifest itself as historical?
(a) By being a process of destroying.
(b) By being a process of history.
(c) By being a process of dominating.
(d) By being a process of assimilation.

3. Into what two categories does the author say he can divide the difficulties in marriage?
(a) Inner and outer.
(b) Serious and trivial.
(c) Kind and cruel.
(d) Sweet and bitter.

4. What does David understand about the parable?
(a) David understands the message of the parable.
(b) David does not understand the parable at all.
(c) David understands how the parable applies to him.
(d) David understands Nathan is merely trying to manipulate him.

5. What does the author say the young man he is writing to wants to be?
(a) A pig.
(b) An archangel.
(c) A priest.
(d) Fate.

Short Answer Questions

1. What path does nature take according to the author?

2. Which part of the wedding does the author find rather backward?

3. What is the second way in which this upbuilding manifests?

4. 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?

5. The author asserts that just as nothing is impossible for God, nothing is impossible for whom?

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