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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 of the letter, to what does a religious person refer everything?
(a) Nature.
(b) Satan.
(c) The Virgin Mary.
(d) God.

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

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

4. How ought we deal with the frail according to the author?
(a) We ought to deal with the frail lovingly.
(b) We ought to kick the frail down the stairs.
(c) We ought to speak very slowly to the frail.
(d) We ought to be polite to the frail in their presence and save our snickering for when they are gone.

5. How does the author say he must always be with the young man?
(a) Gentle.
(b) Cautious.
(c) Frivolous.
(d) Firm.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the author say belongs in every marriage but is missing from a marriage of convenience?

2. What is the only thing for which the author thanks God with his whole soul?

3. Into what two categories does the author say he can divide the difficulties in marriage?

4. What does first love not fear according to the author?

5. What is David unable to appreciate about the parable?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. How does the author relate religion to swimming?

9. Describe what the author writes are the necessary inward conditions for marriage?

10. What is the author's stated intention?

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