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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. What is the opening phrase of the work?
(a) "Ladies and Gentlemen,".
(b) "Hey, guy,".
(c) "Dear Friend,".
(d) "Red Fox to Chrome Eagle:".

2. To what religion does the author say marriage belongs?
(a) Islam.
(b) Christianity.
(c) Hinduism.
(d) Buddhism.

3. Who does Kirkegaard explain the letter was intended for?
(a) Nathan.
(b) A young man.
(c) Bathsheba.
(d) Joel.

4. What does the author say the young man he is writing to wants to be?
(a) Fate.
(b) A priest.
(c) A pig.
(d) An archangel.

5. How does the author describe a couple's connection in a marriage of convenience?
(a) The connection is moral but shallow.
(b) The connection is safe but unrewarding.
(c) The connection is immoral and fragile.
(d) The connection is sexy and suffocating.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is the author accustomed to writing on this particular object?

2. The author asserts that just as nothing is impossible for God, nothing is impossible for whom?

3. In what form is EITHER/OR written?

4. What does the author say romantic love is built on?

5. What is the reader to understand about the content of Kierkegaard's letter?

(see the answer key)

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