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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How long does it take Kierkegaard to write Fear and Trembling?
(a) 2 years.
(b) 35 days.
(c) 5 months.
(d) Less than 60 days.

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

3. What does Kierkegaard argue the human is in?
(a) The palm of god.
(b) Truth.
(c) Earth.
(d) Error.

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

5. What does Kierkegaard say forms Repetition?
(a) Man.
(b) The idea of abundance.
(c) Christ.
(d) The idea of repetition.

6. What does Kierkegaard fight against according to Robert Bretall in Chapter 5?
(a) Himself.
(b) Subconscious aspects of the self.
(c) The Denmark State Church.
(d) Regina.

7. What prevents the hero in Repetition from finding what he wants?
(a) His depression and introspection.
(b) His love of God.
(c) His family.
(d) Christ.

8. What does humanity need according to Kierkegaard?
(a) A teacher.
(b) Christ.
(c) The church.
(d) A love.

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

10. Where does The Journals say Kierkegaard was on July 29, 1835?
(a) Silkeborg.
(b) Ribe.
(c) Gilbjerg.
(d) Copenhagen.

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

12. What does the meditation in Fear and Trembling illustrate?
(a) Kierkegaard's love for Regina.
(b) Kierkegaard's happiness.
(c) Kierkegaard's regrets.
(d) Kierkegaard's love for mistery.

13. What does Kierkegaard argue major choices in life are choices of?
(a) Character.
(b) Christ.
(c) Intellect.
(d) God.

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

15. What does Kierkegaard say he cannot do with Regina?
(a) Share things about himself.
(b) Talk religion.
(c) Talk to her about her work.
(d) Travel.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Kierkegaard ask but does not give answers to in the Fragments?

2. What does Kierkegaard do before leaving for Berlin at the star of Either/Or?

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

4. Where does the idea of Repetition derive from?

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

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