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

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

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

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

6. What does the author say one must transform to preserve the aesthetic in human beings?
(a) One must transform lemons into lemonade.
(b) One must transform outer trials into inner trials.
(c) One must transform beauty into pain.
(d) One must transform suffering into joy.

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

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

9. Between what two things does the writer say there may exist a significant difference?
(a) There may be a significant difference between how the in-laws are before the wedding and after the wedding.
(b) There may be a significant difference between the time the wedding is scheduled to start and when it actually starts.
(c) There may be a significant difference between how the young man really feels and what the wedding is like.
(d) There may be a significant difference between the type of wedding reception the bride wants and the type of wedding reception the groom prefers.

10. What does the author believe accounts for the young man's excessive anxiety?
(a) The author believes the young man is afraid of missing all the frivolity of the engagement period.
(b) The author believes the young man is afraid of death.
(c) The author believes the young man is afraid of missing the erotic moment.
(d) The author believes the young man is afraid of his father.

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

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

13. Who does Kirkegaard explain the letter was intended for?
(a) Joel.
(b) A young man.
(c) Nathan.
(d) Bathsheba.

14. What is the middle course that the "marriage of convenience" takes according to the author?
(a) The middle course is the path between love and hate.
(b) The middle course is the path between youth and maturity.
(c) The middle course is the path between immediate love, and calculating understanding.
(d) The middle course is the path between comfort and tribulation.

15. What is adversity according to the author?
(a) The beginning of a love affair.
(b) The end of one's life.
(c) The death of marriage.
(d) Part of marriage.