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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. Into what two categories does the author say he can divide the difficulties in marriage?
(a) Inner and outer.
(b) Kind and cruel.
(c) Serious and trivial.
(d) Sweet and bitter.

2. From who does the author say the secrecy system generally comes?
(a) The men.
(b) The parents.
(c) The priests.
(d) The women.

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

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

5. To whom does the author compare the young man when he is ill-tempered?
(a) Herod.
(b) King David.
(c) Pontius Pilate.
(d) Mohammed.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the author, an esthetically beautiful marriage is always a what?

2. What is adversity according to the author?

3. What quality does the author say love shares with everything eternal?

4. How does the author say the young man lives?

5. What is the quality of marital love's movements?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does the author assert is the principle reason for marrying?

3. How does the author distinguish between the erotic embrace and the marital embrace?

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

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

6. Why does the author write that marriage belongs to Christianity?

7. Describe the fantasy marriage the author proposes to the young man.

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

9. What are some immoral motivations for marrying according to the author?

10. When does the secretiveness about which the author writes gain its strength?

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