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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the author claim Martin Luther said a Christian has never died of?
(a) Typhoid.
(b) Cholera.
(c) Unkindness.
(d) Hunger.

2. What does the author say can crush the aesthetic in a human being?
(a) A Man.
(b) A Woman.
(c) Nothing can crush the aesthetic in a human being.
(d) An act of cruelty.

3. What aspect of love does the author say is momentary?
(a) The sensuous aspect.
(b) The tender aspect.
(c) The hateful aspect.
(d) The romantic aspect.

4. What does the author say is the defect of his era?
(a) Facism.
(b) Ambivalence.
(c) Depression.
(d) Frivolity.

5. From whom does King David hear a parable?
(a) The prophet Nathan.
(b) The prophet Habbakuk.
(c) The prophet Joel.
(d) The prophet Ezra.

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

7. Why does the author suggest the young man may be "depressed" and fear marriage?
(a) The young man's parents were unhappy in their marriage and abused him all his life.
(b) The young man may be thinking, "Everything may change; what if this person that now I almost worship may change; what if, what if, etc."
(c) The young man may be thinking, "She doesn't really love me; all love is false."
(d) Perhaps the young man has not been taking his medication.

8. What is David unable to appreciate about the parable?
(a) David is unable to appreciate the hidden language of heaven in the parable.
(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 how the parable applies to his own life.

9. What one word does the author say can describe love?
(a) It is futile.
(b) It is excruciating.
(c) It is light.
(d) It is immediate.

10. How does the author say the young man lives?
(a) The author says the young man lives by stealing happy moments.
(b) The author says the young man lives by creeping up unnoticed on people.
(c) The author says the young man lives by plundering.
(d) All of these.

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

12. What is the author's stated attitude toward these feelings?
(a) The author writes that the feelings are the best kind of feelings.
(b) The author writes that the feelings are disturbing.
(c) The author writes that the feelings are entirely natural.
(d) The author writes that the feelings are aberrant.

13. What does the author say that the first love always is?
(a) The highest earthly good.
(b) A terrific bore.
(c) An unavoidable necessity.
(d) A profound evil.

14. What is the author's answer to the claim that poverty may be a serious difficulty for marriage?
(a) Pray.
(b) Work.
(c) Eat.
(d) Love.

15. What is the author of the letter accustomed to writing on?
(a) Tablets of stone.
(b) Papyrus.
(c) Parchment.
(d) Full sheets.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does marital love manifest itself as historical?

2. Why is the author accustomed to writing on this particular object?

3. What is the only way the author claims he would ever wish to be in relation to his wife?

4. What does an individual become when his heart is open according to the author?

5. How does the author say the young man may best perceive the state that precedes first love?

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