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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 1, Either/Or : Chapter 9, Equilibrium.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what form is EITHER/OR written?
(a) In the form of an epistle.
(b) In the form of a code.
(c) In the form of a casual conversation.
(d) In the form of a lecture.

2. Of what two things is first love a unity?
(a) Freedom and necessity.
(b) Passion and indifference.
(c) Hot and cold.
(d) Love and hate.

3. How fast do philosophers hasten to the past according to the author?
(a) So fast that it ends up in the future.
(b) So fast that only philosophy's coattails remain in the present.
(c) Philosophy never hastens to the past.
(d) So fast that none of philosophy remains in the present at all.

4. What does the author call the young man's intellectual capacities?
(a) Truly remarkable.
(b) Lacking.
(c) Beyond genius.
(d) Non-existant.

5. According to the author, what is love itself?
(a) The aesthetic.
(b) A myth.
(c) An illusion.
(d) The easy path.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Who is the only person who has gained everything according to the author?

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

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

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