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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 believe lies at the center of Christianity?
(a) A cross.
(b) Christ.
(c) A religiosity of paradoxes.
(d) Truth.

2. Who's ideas does Kierkegaard oppose in Either/Or?
(a) Plato.
(b) G.W.F Hegel.
(c) Proust.
(d) Socrates.

3. Where does the idea of Repetition derive from?
(a) The rise of Christian dogma.
(b) The life of Christ.
(c) Regina's life.
(d) Kierkegaard's own life.

4. What does Chapter 1 say Kierkegaard is conflicted between?
(a) Love and hate.
(b) Wonder and despair.
(c) Wonder and hate.
(d) Love and despair.

5. How does Kierkegaard characterize Hegel's thinking?
(a) Faithless.
(b) Limited.
(c) Right.
(d) Ridiculous.

Short Answer Questions

1. When does Kierkegaard write about truth in Either/Or?

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

3. Where in Either/Or are the edifying discourses published?

4. What is Kierkegaard letting himself do at the start of The Journals?

5. What do The Journals say Kierkegaard feels?

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