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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 1, Either/Or : Chapter 11, Equilibrium - Part 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the author anticipate will be the young man's first objection to married life?
(a) The cuteness of it all.
(b) The falseness of it all.
(c) The monotony of it all.
(d) The conventionality of it all.

2. What is the one the thing the author says he thanks God for?
(a) The mutability of his humor.
(b) The extraordinary refinement of his tastes.
(c) The imperturbability of his soul.
(d) The clarity of his vision.

3. What is love according to the author?
(a) Self-giving.
(b) Elusive.
(c) Cruel.
(d) Selfish.

4. If the the young man fails his wife, who does the author say will punish him?
(a) The author says the Danish marriage police will punish the young man.
(b) The author says the state will punish the young man.
(c) The author says his wife will punish the young man.
(d) The author says the young man will punish himself.

5. What does the author say is the most intensive enjoyment?
(a) Sexual intercourse.
(b) Dreaming as if you would live forever.
(c) Drug taking.
(d) Clutching the enjoyment in the consciousness that it may vanish in the next moment.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the author of the letter, to what does a religious person refer everything?

2. In what does the author say the young man is prolific?

3. What kind of person does the author say the young man is like?

4. What is the quality of marital love's movements?

5. When discussing adversity with the young man, against what does the author warn?

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