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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. First love is equivalent to what type of faith according to the author?
(a) The type of faith that believes itself capable of moving mountains.
(b) The type of faith the haughty and vain have.
(c) The type of faith that believes there has never been anything but itself.
(d) The type of faith the poor have.

2. Where does the author say the young man might be intoxicated by aesthetic pleasure?
(a) A baseball game.
(b) An art gallery.
(c) A cricket match.
(d) The theatre.

3. What one word does the author say can describe love?
(a) It is futile.
(b) It is excruciating.
(c) It is light.
(d) It is immediate.

4. What does the author say he hates?
(a) All imaginary constructing.
(b) All modern architecture.
(c) All women.
(d) All purple drapes.

5. To what does the author of the letter compare the young man at the end of this section?
(a) The author compares the young man to an actor.
(b) The author compares the young man to a blushing bride.
(c) The author compares the young man to a bull rider.
(d) The author compares the young man to the pilot of a ship.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Into what two categories does the author say he can divide the difficulties in marriage?

3. What is the only thing for which the author thanks God with his whole soul?

4. Every coming into existence, according to the author, always has an element of what?

5. What is ostensibly one of the most respectable reasons for getting married according to the author?

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