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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 1, Either/Or : Chapter 11, Equilibrium - Part 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the author say that the first love always is?
(a) A profound evil.
(b) The highest earthly good.
(c) A terrific bore.
(d) An unavoidable necessity.

2. How does the author say he must always be with the young man?
(a) Gentle.
(b) Cautious.
(c) Frivolous.
(d) Firm.

3. What does the author say God's love is?
(a) Incomprehensible.
(b) Indiscriminate.
(c) Cruel.
(d) Understandable.

4. To what does the author compare the engagement period?
(a) The time it takes many people to dive into the water when they go swimming.
(b) Being tortured on the rack.
(c) The time one spends at the hair salon.
(d) Being held underwater, dying for a gasp of fresh air.

5. What is the only way the author claims he would ever wish to be in relation to his wife?
(a) Dominant.
(b) Submissive.
(c) Monogamous.
(d) Polygamous.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the author call the young man's intellectual capacities?

2. Which part of the wedding does the author find rather backward?

3. Who does the author say cannot love?

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

5. What does the author say belongs in every marriage but is missing from a marriage of convenience?

(see the answer key)

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