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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 intellectual capacities?
(a) Lacking.
(b) Non-existant.
(c) Truly remarkable.
(d) Beyond genius.

2. What does the author find sad in the contemplating of human life?
(a) That most people never learn the joy of a beautiful marriage.
(b) That most people go on about their lives as it they will never die.
(c) That most people live out their lives in a quiet lostness.
(d) That most people never learn the value of a dollar.

3. What does the author claim the aesthetic is?
(a) The aesthetic is a mystery that is fundamentally unknowable.
(b) The aesthetic is that by which a person spontaneously arouses the essence of someone else.
(c) The aesthetic is that by which a person becomes what he becomes.
(d) The aesthetic is that by which a person spontaneously is what he is.

4. What does the author say is "the last to be satisfied"?
(a) The heart.
(b) The ear.
(c) The stomach.
(d) The eye.

5. What kind of woman does the author compare the young man to?
(a) A spurned woman.
(b) A woman in labor.
(c) A woman in love.
(d) A jealous woman.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the author say are the spheres proper to thought?

2. What "humble view" does the author say he presents to the young man?

3. What does the author say is another way to articulate the importance of living aesthetically?

4. What does the author say the young man's attitude toward ethics is?

5. Why does the author say the young man is afraid of continuity?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What does the author say is the proper attitude for a married man in a time of material need?

4. How does the author describe his depression?

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

6. What does the author assert is the mystic's error?

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

8. What advice does the author give the young man about despair?

9. What risk does the author say one runs when one despairs about something in particular?

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

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