A Kierkegaard Anthology Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

Robert W. Bretall
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A Kierkegaard Anthology Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who's lecture does Kierkegaard attend?
(a) Schelling's.
(b) Hegel's.
(c) Socrates'.
(d) Igor Stensen's.

2. How long does it take Kierkegaard to write Fear and Trembling?
(a) 2 years.
(b) 35 days.
(c) Less than 60 days.
(d) 5 months.

3. What does Stages on Life's Way divide according to Robert Bretall in Chapter 7?
(a) Spheres of existence.
(b) Life.
(c) Lies and superstitions.
(d) How to love Christ.

4. Who's letter does Either/Or contain a series of?
(a) Regina's.
(b) Socrates'.
(c) Hegel's.
(d) Judge William's.

5. Outside of what does Fear and Trembling not make sense?
(a) The Protestant faith.
(b) Kierkegaard's life.
(c) Church.
(d) An asylum.

6. What does Kierkegaard meditate on in Fear and Trembling?
(a) The resurrection.
(b) The incarnation.
(c) A sparrow.
(d) Abraham's call to kill his son Isaac.

7. What is the name of the first volume of Either/Or?
(a) The Seducer's Diary.
(b) The Rotation Method.
(c) Christ.
(d) The Square Method.

8. What does Kierkegaard argue is merely foreshadowed in Stages on Life's Way?
(a) Christ.
(b) Hatred
(c) Love.
(d) Religions.

9. What country's philosophy does the philosopher who Kierkegaard opposes in Either/Or most influence?
(a) Denmark.
(b) France.
(c) Germany.
(d) Italy.

10. What do truth and art require according to Fear and Trembling?
(a) An acquaintance with bias.
(b) Taste.
(c) Love of God.
(d) The hand of Christ.

11. How does Kierkegaard characterize his interpretation of the facts after his conversion?
(a) Right.
(b) Limited.
(c) Wrong.
(d) Infallible.

12. What does the first piece of Stages on Life's Way cover?
(a) Love in Christ.
(b) Love and aesthetic.
(c) The role of Bishops.
(d) Trust in the state Church.

13. What does Kierkegaard think will happen with what his family received?
(a) It will continue.
(b) It will come from time to time.
(c) It is something of the past.
(d) It will disappear.

14. Who does Kierkegaard think is the most likely person to understand the ideas in Fear and Trembling?
(a) A priest.
(b) A theologian.
(c) Himself.
(d) Regina.

15. What is Kierkegaard stunned by in The Journals?
(a) The power of God.
(b) His own nothingness.
(c) His own feeling.
(d) The feelings of Chris.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Kierkegaard ask but does not give answers to in the Fragments?

2. What does the pseudonymous author of The Fragments resist?

3. What is Kierkegaard aware of concerning Fear and Trembling?

4. What does Kierkegaard say must stop being the ultimate goal and motivation for life in Stages of Life's Way?

5. What pseudonym does Kierkegaard use to write the second piece of Stages on Life's Way?

(see the answer keys)

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