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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 1, Either/Or : Chapter 10, Equilibrium.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Between what two things does the writer say there may exist a significant difference?
(a) There may be a significant difference between how the young man really feels and what the wedding is like.
(b) There may be a significant difference between the time the wedding is scheduled to start and when it actually starts.
(c) There may be a significant difference between the type of wedding reception the bride wants and the type of wedding reception the groom prefers.
(d) There may be a significant difference between how the in-laws are before the wedding and after the wedding.
2. What does the author anticipate will be the young man's first objection to married life?
(a) The monotony of it all.
(b) The conventionality of it all.
(c) The cuteness of it all.
(d) The falseness of it all.
3. Every coming into existence, according to the author, always has an element of what?
(a) Flying.
(b) Caressing.
(c) Polemic.
(d) Stepping back.
4. How does the author describe the way of history?
(a) The author describes the way of history as being ultimately amusing.
(b) The author describes the way of history as being very long and arduous.
(c) The author describes the way of history as being a tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing.
(d) The author describes the way of history as being only apparent many years after the fact.
5. What occasion caused the young man to fume according to the author?
(a) A birthday party.
(b) A funeral.
(c) A Mayday party.
(d) A church wedding.
Short Answer Questions
1. What does the author say art and poetry do for us?
2. Why does the author say he fights for Either/Or in his letter to the young man?
3. The author claims what kind of feelings toward his wife?
4. What does the author claim the aesthetic is?
5. What idea does the insane man, of whom the author writes, have fixed in his head?
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