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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 does the author call the young man's condition of despair?
(a) Lively.
(b) Fortunate.
(c) Ironic.
(d) Propitious.
2. What is a moment that is more significant than everything else in the entire world according to the author?
(a) Taking in a sunset.
(b) Getting married.
(c) Becoming conscious in one's eternal validity.
(d) Thoroughly enjoying a great party.
3. According to the author, reflection never reaches beyond what?
(a) The power of marriage.
(b) Meditation.
(c) A man being what he is.
(d) Prayer.
4. What "humble view" does the author say he presents to the young man?
(a) What it is to prepare and debate.
(b) What it is to study and perform.
(c) What it is to choose and repent.
(d) What it is to hate and destroy.
5. Who does the author say cannot love?
(a) A person who always tells the truth.
(b) A person who beats his wife.
(c) A person who is not Christian.
(d) A peson who cannot open himself.
Short Answer Questions
1. What does the author anticipate will be the young man's first objection to married life?
2. Wherein is contained the whole wisdom of life according to the author?
3. Why does the author say it seems superfluous to tell the young man what is aesthetic?
4. Why do the author's two Englishmen travel to Arabia?
5. To what do doubt and despair belong according to the author?
Short Essay Questions
1. What "gift of grace" does the author say he would add to those listed in the bible?
2. What are somethings the author writes might be said to a depressed young man?
3. Describe the folktale about Roland's three squires.
4. What does the author assert is the mystic's error?
5. What risk does the author say one runs when one despairs about something in particular?
6. How may talent become a hindrance to the enjoyment of life, according to the author?
7. Why does the author warn against young men being tied down to making a living right away?
8. What does the author say the young man proposes is the definition of a hero? What does the author encourage the young man to suppose instead?
9. What are the advantages of the ethical theory of talent as opposed to the aesthetic theory of talent?
10. How does the author describe his depression?
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