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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. Who has lost himself in another according to the author?
(a) The one who laughs.
(b) The one who hates.
(c) The one who dodges bullets.
(d) The one who loves.

2. Why does the author suggest the young man may be "depressed" and fear marriage?
(a) Perhaps the young man has not been taking his medication.
(b) The young man's parents were unhappy in their marriage and abused him all his life.
(c) The young man may be thinking, "Everything may change; what if this person that now I almost worship may change; what if, what if, etc."
(d) The young man may be thinking, "She doesn't really love me; all love is false."

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 be polite to the frail in their presence and save our snickering for when they are gone.
(c) We ought to kick the frail down the stairs.
(d) We ought to deal with the frail lovingly.

4. What does the author say is the most intensive enjoyment?
(a) Clutching the enjoyment in the consciousness that it may vanish in the next moment.
(b) Sexual intercourse.
(c) Dreaming as if you would live forever.
(d) Drug taking.

5. How does the author say the young man may best perceive the state that precedes first love?
(a) By recalling that love makes one feel quite good.
(b) By recalling that love makes one fly.
(c) By recalling that love makes one blind.
(d) By recalling that love makes one lost.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the one the thing the author says he thanks God for?

3. The author claims what kind of feelings toward his wife?

4. In what form is EITHER/OR written?

5. Where does the author say the young man might be intoxicated by aesthetic pleasure?

(see the answer key)

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