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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. If the the young man fails his wife, who does the author say will punish him?
(a) The author says the young man will punish himself.
(b) The author says the Danish marriage police will punish the young man.
(c) The author says the state will punish the young man.
(d) The author says his wife will punish the young man.

2. What does the author say belongs in every marriage but is missing from a marriage of convenience?
(a) The erotic.
(b) The temporal.
(c) The eternal.
(d) The cruel.

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

4. What does the author say that the young man thinks life is?
(a) A lark.
(b) A fair.
(c) A masquerade.
(d) A trial.

5. What does the author say the young man he is writing to wants to be?
(a) A pig.
(b) An archangel.
(c) A priest.
(d) Fate.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the author say romantic love is built on?

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

3. What is the opening phrase of the work?

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

5. The author asserts that making a good choice does not depend so much on deliberation as on what?

(see the answer key)

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