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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. What is the married man's most dangerous enemy according to the author?
(a) His wife's suitors.
(b) Time.
(c) His conscience.
(d) His wife.

2. What does the author say an aesthetic representation requires?
(a) Lots of laughter.
(b) A beautiful picture frame.
(c) Concentration on the moment.
(d) Lots of money.

3. 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 only apparent many years after the fact.
(c) The author describes the way of history as being very long and arduous.
(d) The author describes the way of history as being a tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing.

4. What phrase does the young man fling about according to the author?
(a) "It takes one to know one."
(b) "Too many cooks spoil the broth."
(c) "A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush."
(d) "It is not the given that is great, but the acquired."

5. Why does the author say it seems superfluous to tell the young man what is aesthetic?
(a) Because the young man is not a real person.
(b) Because the young man surely will not listen.
(c) Because the young man is an aesthetic virtuoso.
(d) Because the young man has surely burned the letter already.

Short Answer Questions

1. In addition to having a priority in itself, what other quality does marital love possess according to the author?

2. According to the author, what is the lifeblood of marriage?

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

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

5. First love is equivalent to what type of faith according to the author?

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