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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 1, Either/Or : Chapter 8, Equilibrium.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. If a sailor is enchanted by a mermaid's song, what is the only way to break the spell according to the author?
(a) One must swallow the eye of a newt.
(b) One must consult a wise man and obtain his blessing.
(c) One must remember Either/Or.
(d) One must play the same piece backward without making a single mistake.

2. What character in opera does the author say embodies the state preceding love?
(a) Page in FIGARO.
(b) Tristan in TRISTAN AND ISOLDE.
(c) Don Giovanni in DON GIOVANNI.
(d) Wotan in THE RING CYCLE.

3. According to the author, true marriage includes the religious and what other element?
(a) The pure.
(b) The fated.
(c) The sacrilegious.
(d) The erotic.

4. What does first love not fear according to the author?
(a) Lust.
(b) Laughter.
(c) Danger.
(d) Calamity.

5. What does the author assert is more important than cultivating one's mind?
(a) Cultivating one's garden.
(b) Developing one's personality.
(c) Traveling widely.
(d) Gathering wealth.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the author say he hates?

2. To what does the author of the letter compare the young man at the end of this section?

3. Into what two categories does the author say he can divide the difficulties in marriage?

4. What does the author say one must transform to preserve the aesthetic in human beings?

5. What does the author say his era has discerned about romantic love very well?

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