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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 happens to choice if one admits meditation according to the author?
(a) If one admits meditation, there is no effect whatsoever on absolute choice.
(b) If one admits meditation, then there is no absolute choice.
(c) There is no absolute choice unless one admits meditation.
(d) If one admits meditation, absolute choice ceases to be meditation.

2. What does the author urge the young man to do with his "droll fancies"?
(a) Pass them on to the object of his affection.
(b) Ignore them.
(c) Keep them.
(d) Rid himself of them.

3. What capacity of the soul does the author say is missing in the young man?
(a) Logic.
(b) Imagination.
(c) Memory of his life.
(d) Wit.

4. Why do the author's two Englishmen travel to Arabia?
(a) To discuss philosophy.
(b) To purchase horses.
(c) To smoke tobacco.
(d) To visit Mecca.

5. How does the concept the author mentions act on him?
(a) It makes him quite angry.
(b) It spurs his will to action.
(c) It makes him exceedingly earnest.
(d) It fills his soul with peace.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the author say happens to people who deceive others for an extended period?

2. What phrase does the young man fling about according to the author?

3. What history does the author say proves to be incommensurable for poetry?

4. What does the author call the young man's intellectual capacities?

5. What path does nature take according to the author?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the author say is more important than choosing the right thing?

2. Are any Either/Or choices absolute? Explain.

3. What are somethings the author writes might be said to a depressed young man?

4. What does the author write about "the Moment"?

5. Briefly describe what the author means by the term Either/Or.

6. What does the author dislike about philosophy?

7. What does the author say to despotic husbands who utterly dominate their wives?

8. What are the advantages of the ethical theory of talent as opposed to the aesthetic theory of talent?

9. How does the author define philosophy and what does he appreciate about it?

10. How does the author describe his depression?

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