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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What kind of energy does the author say a dying person has?
2. What does the author say that the young man thinks life is?
3. What kind of person does the author say the young man is like?
4. What is the author's attitude toward depression?
5. What is the risk in despairing over something particular according to the author?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does the author say the young man proposes is the definition of a hero? What does the author encourage the young man to suppose instead?
2. What does the author dislike about philosophy?
3. What are somethings the author writes might be said to a depressed young man?
4. What does the author say to despotic husbands who utterly dominate their wives?
5. What does the author assert is the mystic's error?
6. Why does the author warn against young men being tied down to making a living right away?
7. What "gift of grace" does the author say he would add to those listed in the bible?
8. What risk does the author say one runs when one despairs about something in particular?
9. How does the author describe his depression?
10. What is the relationship between the ethical and the aesthetic?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
In the second chapter of EITHER/OR the author discusses mysticism at length. How does the author define mysticism? What is the author's attitude toward mysticism? What is the mystic's error? And finally, how does the mystic choose himself "abstractly"? Discuss citing specific examples to support your argument.
Essay Topic 2
The author writes at length about the importance of making a living. He also suggests that diving immediately into this task entails certain risks. Thoroughly define the author's views with respect to making a living and defend or refute his position using specific examples from the text.
Essay Topic 3
In the final chapter of EITHER/OR the author asserts it is upbuilding to realize that in relation to God we are always in the wrong? Elucidate the author's position in detail citing specific examples from the text.
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