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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2, Either/Or, A Fragment of Life.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Of what book is a large portion reproduced in Either/Or?
(a) Romantic Love.
(b) How to love.
(c) The Seducer's Diary.
(d) How to be a Christian.

2. What is the author arguing is more important than the content of Either/Or?
(a) Kierkegaard's footnotes.
(b) The title.
(c) Kierkegaard's analysis.
(d) The way the book was launched.

3. What do many intellectuals agree on in the 19th century concerning distinctions?
(a) Distinctions are not distinctive.
(b) Distinctions are overrated.
(c) Distinctions are illusory.
(d) Distinctions separate man from beast.

4. What cities does Kierkegaard write Either/Or in?
(a) Berlin and Copenhagen.
(b) Rome and Berlin.
(c) London and Paris.
(d) Paris and Nice.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who's lecture does Kierkegaard attend?

2. What shall not fall to the ground without the will of the Father according to The Journals?

3. What does Kierkegaard think what his family receives is?

4. What does Kierkegaard say he cannot do with Regina?

5. What does Kierkegaard feel about the prevalent ideas about the universe and distinction?

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