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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens to the person who profits by being secretive according to the author?
(a) He always wins.
(b) He always comes in third.
(c) He always loses.
(d) He is always tortured.

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

3. In discussing the the aesthetic of marriage, upon what does the author of the letter draw?
(a) The author draws on examples from his own marriage.
(b) The author draws on examples from Confucius's marriage.
(c) The author draws on examples from his friend's marriage.
(d) The author draws on invented examples of marriage.

4. What is the opening phrase of the work?
(a) "Dear Friend,".
(b) "Ladies and Gentlemen,".
(c) "Hey, guy,".
(d) "Red Fox to Chrome Eagle:".

5. How does the author describe a couple's connection in a marriage of convenience?
(a) The connection is immoral and fragile.
(b) The connection is safe but unrewarding.
(c) The connection is sexy and suffocating.
(d) The connection is moral but shallow.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does the author suggest the young man may be "depressed" and fear marriage?

2. To what does the author compare the engagement period?

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

4. What system does the author say he observed while he was a guest in the home of a young married couple?

5. What does the author say that the first love always is?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the church wedding that the author says caused the young man to fume.

2. What is the author's attitude toward "first love"?

3. What does the author write about his feelings of devotion for his wife?

4. How is first love the unification of freedom and necessity?

5. What interests the author in a certain engraving dramatizing the story of Cain and Abel?

6. How does the author define and marriage of convenience?

7. What does the author write is "unhappy love?"

8. What does the author write about humility in love?

9. How does the author describe romantic love?

10. What is the author's stated intention?

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