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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 does the author say would be a matter of indifference to Christians?

2. What does the author say that the first love always is?

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

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

5. What does an individual become when his heart is open according to the author?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does the author write is "unhappy love?"

3. What interests the author in a certain engraving dramatizing the story of Cain and Abel?

4. What are some immoral motivations for marrying according to the author?

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

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

7. What is the author's stated intention?

8. Why does the author compare the young man to King Herod?

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

10. How does the author describe romantic love?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The author discusses depression at length in EITHER/OR. Why does the author assert men become depressed? When is depression virtuous and when is it self-indulgent? What does the author assert is the nature of his own depression? What does the author assert is the nature of the young man's depression? How does the author advise the young man to handle his melancholy. Discuss citing specific examples from the text.

Essay Topic 2

The author writes of a folktale concerning Roland's three squires. Recount the tale and discuss its relationship to the concept of Either/Or citing specific examples from the text.

Essay Topic 3

In the final chapter of EITHER/OR the author asserts it is upbuilding to realize that in relation to God we are always in the wrong? Elucidate the author's position in detail citing specific examples from the text.

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