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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 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.

2. Which part of the wedding does the author find rather backward?
(a) The author thinks it incorrect that he is supposed to be in charge of his wife.
(b) The author thinks the man ought to wear the dress and the woman the tuxedo.
(c) The author thinks "as long as you both shall live" is a little extreme.
(d) The author thinks he ought to be able to have as many love affairs as he likes.

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

4. 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 that believes there has never been anything but itself.
(c) The type of faith that believes itself capable of moving mountains.
(d) The type of faith the poor have.

5. According to the author, an esthetically beautiful marriage is always a what?
(a) A sad one.
(b) A happy one.
(c) An exhilarating one.
(d) A dull one.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who has lost himself in another according to the author?

2. What is the quality of marital love's movements?

3. Of what two things is first love a unity?

4. According to the author, what happens to the value of an original, or first, thing if it may be repeated?

5. What does the author say that the first love always is?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are some immoral motivations for marrying according to the author?

2. In what kind of moment does the author write he hopes his letter finds the young man, and why?

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

4. Describe the church wedding that the author says caused the young man to fume.

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

6. How does the author compare the young man to an insane man?

7. What is the author's stated intention?

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

9. Why does the author say that first love is found more frequently in women than men?

10. What does the author write about humility in love?

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