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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 are the excesses of the mystics according to the author of the letter?
(a) Attempting to help every person they come across.
(b) Praying all day and all night.
(c) Drinking and drug taking.
(d) Self-tormenting and annihilation of the physical.

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

3. Of what two things is first love a unity?
(a) Freedom and necessity.
(b) Hot and cold.
(c) Love and hate.
(d) Passion and indifference.

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

5. What does the author say first love is for him?
(a) A catch phrase.
(b) A good word.
(c) A bad word.
(d) A password.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. To what does the author of the letter compare the young man at the end of this section?

3. According to the author, what is the lifeblood of marriage?

4. What happens to the person who profits by being secretive according to the author?

5. What does the author claim Martin Luther said a Christian has never died of?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. How many types of love does the author write there are? What are they?

7. What is significant about the author's reference to the biblical story of King David and the prophet Nathan?

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

9. What is the author's stated intention?

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

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