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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. Who does Kirkegaard explain the letter was intended for?
(a) Joel.
(b) Bathsheba.
(c) Nathan.
(d) A young man.

2. From whom does King David hear a parable?
(a) The prophet Ezra.
(b) The prophet Habbakuk.
(c) The prophet Nathan.
(d) The prophet Joel.

3. What is ostensibly one of the most respectable reasons for getting married according to the author?
(a) To enoble one's character.
(b) To do penance.
(c) There is no respectable reason for getting married.
(d) To test one's patience.

4. Why must a captain of a ship make swift decisions about direction changes?
(a) Because while the captain is deciding, the ship continues forward at a constant velocity.
(b) Because the captain's ship is old and takes along time to adjust its course.
(c) Because the captain's crew is rather inept.
(d) Because the captain constantly changes his mind.

5. What is the only thing for which the author prays to God with his whole heart?
(a) That God will give him the judgement to know when his wife is lying.
(b) That God will give him the strength to move on after his wife stops loving him.
(c) That God will give him the patience to put up with his wife's nagging.
(d) That God will give him the strength never to want to love another woman.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the author accuse the young man of having become?

2. What is the second subject Kierkegaard examines?

3. What does the author say can crush the aesthetic in a human being?

4. According to the author, what is the lifeblood of marriage?

5. Between what two types of doubt does the author say it is important to distinguish?

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