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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 1, Either/Or : Chapter 2, Aesthetic Validity of Marriage.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The author asserts that just as nothing is impossible for God, nothing is impossible for whom?
(a) The humble individual.
(b) The powerful individual.
(c) The religious individual.
(d) The pure individual.

2. Why is "sympathetic" depression noble according to the author of the letter?
(a) "Sympathetic" depression is the depression of the landed gentry.
(b) The author has proclaimed it!
(c) "Sympathetic" depression is for the sake of another.
(d) "Sympathetic" depression is highly attractive in a young man.

3. What does the author say romantic love is built on?
(a) A rock.
(b) An undeniable reality.
(c) An ocean.
(d) An illusion.

4. What does the author say his era has discerned about romantic love very well?
(a) The strength of it.
(b) The non-existence of it.
(c) The fleeting quality of it.
(d) The weakness of it.

5. To what does the author compare the engagement period?
(a) Being held underwater, dying for a gasp of fresh air.
(b) Being tortured on the rack.
(c) The time one spends at the hair salon.
(d) The time it takes many people to dive into the water when they go swimming.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is David unable to appreciate about the parable?

2. What aspect of love does the author say is momentary?

3. Why does the author suggest the young man may be "depressed" and fear marriage?

4. What is the second subject Kierkegaard examines?

5. What does David understand about the parable?

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