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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 1, Either/Or : Chapter 6, Aesthetic Validity of Marriage.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What moment does the newly married couple attempt to postpone?
(a) The moment of risk.
(b) The moment of consummation.
(c) The moment of tenderness.
(d) The moment the couple realizes they are bored.

2. According to the author, true marriage includes the religious and what other element?
(a) The sacrilegious.
(b) The fated.
(c) The erotic.
(d) The pure.

3. How is it said that married folk should live according to the author?
(a) In utter silence.
(b) In confusion.
(c) In good understanding of one another.
(d) In never-ending bliss.

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

5. To whom does the author compare the young man when he is ill-tempered?
(a) Mohammed.
(b) Herod.
(c) King David.
(d) Pontius Pilate.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the only way the author claims he would ever wish to be in relation to his wife?

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

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

5. What does the author say God's love is?

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