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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 1, Either/Or : Chapter 3, Aesthetic Validation of Marriage - First Love.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the author say God's love is?
(a) Incomprehensible.
(b) Indiscriminate.
(c) Understandable.
(d) Cruel.

2. What does David understand about the parable?
(a) David understands the message of the parable.
(b) David understands Nathan is merely trying to manipulate him.
(c) David does not understand the parable at all.
(d) David understands how the parable applies to him.

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

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

5. What is the author of the letter accustomed to writing on?
(a) Tablets of stone.
(b) Full sheets.
(c) Papyrus.
(d) Parchment.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does first love not need according to the author?

2. To whom does the author compare the young man when he is ill-tempered?

3. How does the author say the young man lives?

4. According to the author, what happens to the value of an original, or first, thing if it may be repeated?

5. What does the author say that every order of life, including marriage, has?

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