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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the author's stated attitude toward these feelings?

2. The author asserts that it might seem proper for marital love to begin with a kind of what?

3. How does marital love manifest itself as historical?

4. To what kind of wedding ceremony does the author of the letter refer?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the author relate religion to swimming?

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. How is first love the unification of freedom and necessity?

9. What is the author's stated intention?

10. What is significant about the author's reference to the biblical story of King David and the prophet Nathan?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The author discusses the forms of love extensively in EITHER/OR. How many different forms of love does the author identify? How are they distinct from one another and how do they relate to one another? What is the place of each form of love in a man's life? How does each form of love relate to marriage? Discuss citing specific examples from the text.

Essay Topic 2

How does the author define the nature of philosophy and its purpose? What does the author assert are the dangers of philosophy? Write an essay defending or refuting the author's attitude toward philosophy's role in human life. Cite specific examples from the text to support your views.

Essay Topic 3

What is the attitude of the author towards wedding ceremonies? What purpose do the ceremonies serve? In what ways are they "backward"? Discuss citing specific examples from the text.

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