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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 quality does the author say love shares with everything eternal?
(a) A quality of ephemerality.
(b) A quality of duplexity.
(c) A quality of sexiness.
(d) A quality of lameness.

2. What does David understand about the parable?
(a) David understands the message of the parable.
(b) David understands Nathan is merely trying to manipulate him.
(c) David understands how the parable applies to him.
(d) David does not understand the parable at all.

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

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

5. First love is equivalent to what type of faith according to the author?
(a) The type of faith the haughty and vain have.
(b) The type of faith the poor have.
(c) The type of faith that believes there has never been anything but itself.
(d) The type of faith that believes itself capable of moving mountains.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does the author say the young man is afraid of continuity?

2. What does the author believe accounts for the young man's excessive anxiety?

3. What kind of energy does the author say a dying person has?

4. What is the author's stated attitude toward these feelings?

5. What aspect of love does the author say is momentary?

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