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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What one word does the author say can describe love?
(a) It is light.
(b) It is excruciating.
(c) It is immediate.
(d) It is futile.

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

3. Why is the author accustomed to writing on this particular object?
(a) Because he lives in modern India.
(b) Because he is a public official.
(c) Because he lives in ancient Egypt.
(d) Because he is blind.

4. In addition to having a priority in itself, what other quality does marital love possess according to the author?
(a) Uncertainty.
(b) Profligacy.
(c) Ephemerality.
(d) Constancy.

5. What is the author's answer to the claim that poverty may be a serious difficulty for marriage?
(a) Pray.
(b) Work.
(c) Love.
(d) Eat.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What happens to the person who profits by being secretive according to the author?

3. What does first love not fear according to the author?

4. Who is the only one who has a true conception of who he is according to the author?

5. What is adversity according to the author?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the author distinguish between the erotic embrace and the marital embrace?

2. How many types of love does the author write there are? What are they?

3. How is first love the unification of freedom and necessity?

4. What does the author assert is the principle reason for marrying?

5. What is significant about the author's reference to the biblical story of King David and the prophet Nathan?

6. Why does the author write that an exploration of the aesthetic significance of marriage might seem superfluous?

7. What does the author say could seriously tempt him to write books?

8. When does the secretiveness about which the author writes gain its strength?

9. How does the author describe romantic love?

10. What does the author say to the suggestion that the wedding ceremony "halts lovers"?

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