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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What does the author say first love is for him?
(a) A good word.
(b) A bad word.
(c) A password.
(d) A catch phrase.

4. What does the author say is the defect of his era?
(a) Depression.
(b) Facism.
(c) Ambivalence.
(d) Frivolity.

5. How does marital love manifest itself as historical?
(a) By being a process of assimilation.
(b) By being a process of history.
(c) By being a process of destroying.
(d) By being a process of dominating.

6. What is the first subject Kierkegaard discusses?
(a) Marriage.
(b) Passion.
(c) Hatred.
(d) Friendship.

7. Who is the only one who has a true conception of who he is according to the author?
(a) The man who can fight.
(b) The man who is self-sufficient.
(c) The man who meditates on mountain tops.
(d) The man who loves.

8. What does the author say the actual experience of love is?
(a) A pretty song.
(b) An awakening.
(c) Deeply painful.
(d) A falling backward.

9. From who does the author say the secrecy system generally comes?
(a) The men.
(b) The parents.
(c) The women.
(d) The priests.

10. What does first love not need according to the author?
(a) Fame.
(b) Money.
(c) Attention.
(d) Support.

11. 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.

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

13. How ought we deal with the frail according to the author?
(a) We ought to kick the frail down the stairs.
(b) We ought to be polite to the frail in their presence and save our snickering for when they are gone.
(c) We ought to deal with the frail lovingly.
(d) We ought to speak very slowly to the frail.

14. What is the relationship between marriage and first love according to the author?
(a) Marriage is the annihilation of first love.
(b) Marriage is the transfiguration of first love.
(c) There is no relationship between marriage and first love according to the author.
(d) Marriage is the equivalent of first love.

15. Between what two things does the writer say there may exist a significant difference?
(a) There may be a significant difference between how the in-laws are before the wedding and after the wedding.
(b) There may be a significant difference between the time the wedding is scheduled to start and when it actually starts.
(c) There may be a significant difference between how the young man really feels and what the wedding is like.
(d) There may be a significant difference between the type of wedding reception the bride wants and the type of wedding reception the groom prefers.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Byron declare about love according to the author?

2. What are the excesses of the mystics according to the author of the letter?

3. Why is "sympathetic" depression noble according to the author of the letter?

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

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

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