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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8, Concluding Unscientific Postscript to the.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Repetition have that lacks in many of Kierkegaard's works?
(a) A plot.
(b) A third person point of view.
(c) Humor.
(d) Chapters.

2. What does Kierkegaard argue life is?
(a) The time between our acceptance of the love of Christ and our death.
(b) A series of stark choices.
(c) The time between our birth and our death.
(d) A series of moments.

3. What does Kierkegaard argue would negate him?
(a) To stop writing.
(b) To agree with Hegel.
(c) To be included in a whole.
(d) To be loved by Christ.

4. What does Kierkegaard feel about the prevalent ideas about the universe and distinction?
(a) He doubts them.
(b) He finds them unsubstantiated.
(c) He hates them.
(d) He embraces them.

5. What topic does Either/Or end with?
(a) Hatred.
(b) Christ.
(c) Ethics.
(d) Love.

Short Answer Questions

1. Of what book is a large portion reproduced in Either/Or?

2. What do many intellectuals agree on in the 19th century concerning distinctions?

3. What pseudonym does Kierkegaard use to publish Either/Or?

4. What does Kierkegaard do before leaving for Berlin at the star of Either/Or?

5. What does Kierkegaard use when he writes about the Knight of Faith with the Knight of Infinite Resignation?

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