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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. How does Kierkegaard call the first piece of Stages on Life's Way?
(a) Guilty/Not Guilty.
(b) Love/Hate.
(c) Love/Christ.
(d) Faith/Death.

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

3. What is the main theme of Fear and Trembling?
(a) Fear.
(b) Love.
(c) Commitment.
(d) The encounter between the individual and the universe.

4. Where in Either/Or are the edifying discourses published?
(a) Chapter 5.
(b) Chapter 3.
(c) Chapter 1.
(d) Chapter 2.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Kierkegaard argue cannot be improved or hurt by social organization?

2. What does Kierkegaard argue is both a trap and an illusion?

3. What does Robert Bretall think of Repetition?

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

5. What is Kierkegaard's pseudonym in Repetition?

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