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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the only way the author claims he would ever wish to be in relation to his wife?
(a) Monogamous.
(b) Dominant.
(c) Submissive.
(d) Polygamous.

2. What does the author say is the defect of his era?
(a) Frivolity.
(b) Depression.
(c) Ambivalence.
(d) Facism.

3. How ought we deal with the frail according to the author?
(a) We ought to speak very slowly to the frail.
(b) We ought to deal with the frail lovingly.
(c) We ought to be polite to the frail in their presence and save our snickering for when they are gone.
(d) We ought to kick the frail down the stairs.

4. Every coming into existence, according to the author, always has an element of what?
(a) Caressing.
(b) Stepping back.
(c) Flying.
(d) Polemic.

5. What is the relationship between marriage and first love according to the author?
(a) Marriage is the annihilation of first love.
(b) Marriage is the transfiguration of first love.
(c) There is no relationship between marriage and first love according to the author.
(d) Marriage is the equivalent of first love.

Short Answer Questions

1. How is it said that married folk should live according to the author?

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

3. What does the author say first love is for him?

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

5. What one word does the author say can describe love?

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