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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 one word does the author say can describe love?
(a) It is excruciating.
(b) It is light.
(c) It is futile.
(d) It is immediate.

2. How does the author say the young man may best perceive the state that precedes first love?
(a) By recalling that love makes one feel quite good.
(b) By recalling that love makes one lost.
(c) By recalling that love makes one blind.
(d) By recalling that love makes one fly.

3. According to the author, true marriage includes the religious and what other element?
(a) The sacrilegious.
(b) The erotic.
(c) The pure.
(d) The fated.

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

5. From whom does King David hear a parable?
(a) The prophet Ezra.
(b) The prophet Habbakuk.
(c) The prophet Joel.
(d) The prophet Nathan.

Short Answer Questions

1. How is it said that married folk should live according to the author?

2. Of what two things is first love a unity?

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

4. From who does the author say the secrecy system generally comes?

5. What does the author say God's love is?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What is the author's stated intention?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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