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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 is the first subject Kierkegaard discusses?
(a) Hatred.
(b) Friendship.
(c) Marriage.
(d) Passion.

2. Which part of the wedding does the author find rather backward?
(a) The author thinks "as long as you both shall live" is a little extreme.
(b) The author thinks the man ought to wear the dress and the woman the tuxedo.
(c) The author thinks he ought to be able to have as many love affairs as he likes.
(d) The author thinks it incorrect that he is supposed to be in charge of his wife.

3. What does the author say romantic love is built on?
(a) A rock.
(b) An undeniable reality.
(c) An illusion.
(d) An ocean.

4. To what does the author of the letter compare the young man at the end of this section?
(a) The author compares the young man to the pilot of a ship.
(b) The author compares the young man to an actor.
(c) The author compares the young man to a blushing bride.
(d) The author compares the young man to a bull rider.

5. What is ostensibly one of the most respectable reasons for getting married according to the author?
(a) To test one's patience.
(b) To enoble one's character.
(c) There is no respectable reason for getting married.
(d) To do penance.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the author, what happens to the value of an original, or first, thing if it may be repeated?

2. What one word does the author say can describe love?

3. First love is equivalent to what type of faith according to the author?

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

5. What does the author say can crush the aesthetic in a human being?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the author write about egotistic depression?

2. How does the author define and marriage of convenience?

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

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

5. What does the author write first love is for "happy individualities?"

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

7. How does the author describe romantic love?

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

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

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

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