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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Kierkegaard use when he writes about the Knight of Faith with the Knight of Infinite Resignation?
(a) Humor.
(b) Fear.
(c) Impossible situations.
(d) Paradoxes.

2. What does Kierkegaard distinguish between in Either/Or?
(a) Love and hate.
(b) Direct and indirect communication.
(c) Catholics and Protestant dogma.
(d) Life and death.

3. What is Kierkegaard aware of in The Journals?
(a) His nothingness.
(b) His self interest.
(c) His errors.
(d) His longing for Regina.

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

5. What does Robert Bretall say is difficult to discern in Kierkegaard's writing?
(a) If the love of Christ guides him.
(b) Who he is talking to.
(c) If he is Christian.
(d) Which aspects of Kierkegaard are present.

6. What city does Kierkegaard live in according to Robert Bretall in Chapter 5?
(a) London.
(b) Berlin.
(c) Munich.
(d) Paris.

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

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

9. What does Robert Bretall say Kierkegaard is in the Two Edifying Discourses?
(a) A fiction writer.
(b) A poet.
(c) A theopolian.
(d) A liar.

10. What shall not fall to the ground without the will of the Father according to The Journals?
(a) An elephant.
(b) A sparrow.
(c) A mouse.
(d) A man.

11. What does Kierkegaard say of the truth that teaches and builds up the human person in Two Edifying Discourses?
(a) It is the only truth that can make a difference in our lives.
(b) It is useless.
(c) It is the only truth worth having.
(d) It is one truth among many.

12. When does Kierkegaard write Repetition?
(a) 1843.
(b) 1845.
(c) 1854.
(d) 1853.

13. What does Kierkegaard do before leaving for Berlin at the star of Either/Or?
(a) Writes a book.
(b) Buries his dog, Maximus.
(c) Goes to church.
(d) Breaks off his engagement with Regina Olsen.

14. What does Kierkegaard argue men always appear to be biased by?
(a) His own perspective.
(b) Christ.
(c) Their education.
(d) Their environment.

15. What pseudonym does Kierkegaard use to publish Either/Or?
(a) Emile Proust.
(b) Marcus Temporarus.
(c) Victor Eremita.
(d) Sophie Marcus.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Kierkegaard argue life is?

2. What does Kierkegaard attempt to do according to Robert Bretall in Chapter 5?

3. What country's philosophy does the philosopher who Kierkegaard opposes in Either/Or most influence?

4. What is Kierkegaard feeling at the start of The Journals?

5. Who does Kierkegaard think is the most likely person to understand the ideas in Fear and Trembling?

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