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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. According to the author, an esthetically beautiful marriage is always a what?
(a) A dull one.
(b) A sad one.
(c) A happy one.
(d) An exhilarating one.

2. Who has lost himself in another according to the author?
(a) The one who hates.
(b) The one who loves.
(c) The one who dodges bullets.
(d) The one who laughs.

3. First love is equivalent to what type of faith according to the author?
(a) The type of faith the poor have.
(b) The type of faith that believes itself capable of moving mountains.
(c) The type of faith that believes there has never been anything but itself.
(d) The type of faith the haughty and vain have.

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

5. What idea does the insane man, of whom the author writes, have fixed in his head?
(a) The insane man has the idea that his heart is full of spiders.
(b) The insane man has the idea that his mattress is full of butterflies.
(c) The insane man has the idea that his apartment is full of flies.
(d) The insane man has the idea that his veins are filled with oil.

Short Answer Questions

1. To what kind of wedding ceremony does the author of the letter refer?

2. Where does the author say the young man might be intoxicated by aesthetic pleasure?

3. What does the author say romantic love is built on?

4. What is the first subject Kierkegaard discusses?

5. What does the author assert reflective love does?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does the author compare the young man to King Herod?

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

3. How does the author compare the young man to an insane man?

4. In what kind of moment does the author write he hopes his letter finds the young man, and why?

5. Why does the author say that first love is found more frequently in women than men?

6. What does the author say could seriously tempt him to write books?

7. What is the author's problem with the vows in the marriage ceremony?

8. Why are erotic love and marriage irreconcilable according to the author?

9. Why does the author say that dealing with the young man is a most difficult task?

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

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