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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 10, Purity of Heart, Edifying Discourses in Various Spirits, Chapter 11, Works of Love, Chapter 12, The Point of View For My Work as an Author.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Kierkegaard use the book review for?
(a) Apologize to Regina.
(b) Talk about Hegel's ideas.
(c) To promote his next book.
(d) Discuss his own ideas.

2. When were the last of Kierkegaard aesthetic writings published according to Robert Bretall in Chapter 7?
(a) 1846.
(b) 1855.
(c) 1845.
(d) 1865.

3. What does Kierkegaard argue men are in the modern age?
(a) Limited.
(b) Equals.
(c) Superior.
(d) Inferior.

4. When does Kierkegaard argue that action is only comprehensible?
(a) When faith guides our actions.
(b) When there is possibility.
(c) When told to.
(d) When Christ is present.

5. What does Kierkegaard argue is both a trap and an illusion?
(a) Organized religion.
(b) Pleasure.
(c) His books.
(d) Faith.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What topic does Either/Or end with?

3. What does Robert Bretall in Chapter 10 say Kierkegaard's work written under his own name aims at?

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

5. What does Robert Bretall say is difficult to discern in Kierkegaard's writing?

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