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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is David unable to appreciate about the parable?
(a) David is unable to appreciate the time Nathan takes to convey the parable.
(b) David is unable to appreciate Nathan's literary skill.
(c) David is unable to appreciate the hidden language of heaven in the parable.
(d) David is unable to appreciate how the parable applies to his own life.

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

3. Who is the only person who has gained everything according to the author?
(a) The person who has laughed at his faults.
(b) The person who has laughed at the faults of another.
(c) The person who has lost everything in the world.
(d) The person who has gained everything in the world.

4. According to the author, true marriage includes the religious and what other element?
(a) The sacrilegious.
(b) The pure.
(c) The erotic.
(d) The fated.

5. To what does the author of the letter compare the young man at the end of this section?
(a) The author compares the young man to the pilot of a ship.
(b) The author compares the young man to an actor.
(c) The author compares the young man to a blushing bride.
(d) The author compares the young man to a bull rider.

6. What does the author say belongs in every marriage but is missing from a marriage of convenience?
(a) The temporal.
(b) The erotic.
(c) The cruel.
(d) The eternal.

7. What is the first subject Kierkegaard discusses?
(a) Friendship.
(b) Passion.
(c) Marriage.
(d) Hatred.

8. What does the author say he hates?
(a) All modern architecture.
(b) All purple drapes.
(c) All imaginary constructing.
(d) All women.

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

10. Every coming into existence, according to the author, always has an element of what?
(a) Caressing.
(b) Polemic.
(c) Stepping back.
(d) Flying.

11. What does the author say would be a matter of indifference to Christians?
(a) Whether Christ was ugly or handsome.
(b) Whether Christ was born in December or July.
(c) Whether Christ was literally an incarnation of almighty God.
(d) Whether Christ physically rose from the dead.

12. What does the author say his era has discerned about romantic love very well?
(a) The weakness of it.
(b) The strength of it.
(c) The fleeting quality of it.
(d) The non-existence of it.

13. What creature sends the author into "reverie"?
(a) The tiger.
(b) The catfish.
(c) The jellyfish.
(d) The elephant.

14. What moment does the newly married couple attempt to postpone?
(a) The moment of consummation.
(b) The moment of risk.
(c) The moment the couple realizes they are bored.
(d) The moment of tenderness.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the second subject Kierkegaard examines?

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

3. What aspect of love does the author say is momentary?

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

5. What does the author say first love is for him?

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