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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does the human hide from with all his energy according to Kierkegaard?
(a) His desires.
(b) Himself.
(c) Truth.
(d) Christ.

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

4. How does Kierkegaard characterize his interpretation of the facts after his conversion?
(a) Wrong.
(b) Infallible.
(c) Limited.
(d) Right.

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

6. What do truth and art require according to Fear and Trembling?
(a) Taste.
(b) An acquaintance with bias.
(c) Love of God.
(d) The hand of Christ.

7. What does Kierkegaard argue is merely foreshadowed in Stages on Life's Way?
(a) Religions.
(b) Love.
(c) Hatred
(d) Christ.

8. What is the name of the best known section of Stages on Life's Way?
(a) The last supper.
(b) The restaurant.
(c) The banquet.
(d) The meal.

9. What does Kierkegaard think will happen with what his family received?
(a) It will continue.
(b) It will disappear.
(c) It will come from time to time.
(d) It is something of the past.

10. What do many intellectuals agree on in the 19th century concerning the universe?
(a) The Universe is limited only by our love of Christ.
(b) Universe is pure unity.
(c) The Universe is infinite.
(d) The Universe is where we are.

11. What pseudonym does Kierkegaard use for The Fragments?
(a) Salus Salenicus.
(b) Johannes Climacus.
(c) Stuartus Sagitarus.
(d) Romanos Anasicus.

12. What is Kierkegaard undergoing after his conversion?
(a) A terrible revolution.
(b) A change of heart.
(c) The flu.
(d) A physical transformation.

13. What are the Two Edifying Discourse written for?
(a) To strengthen the faith of the individual.
(b) Make money.
(c) Contradict Hegel.
(d) Seduce Regina.

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

15. What does Kierkegaard argue major choices in life are not choices of?
(a) Intellect.
(b) Love.
(c) Luck.
(d) God.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Kierkegaard know about himself in The Journals?

2. What book sets the stage for Kierkegaard's mature work?

3. What shall not fall to the ground without the will of the Father according to The Journals?

4. Which of the Two Edifying Discourses does Kierkegaard prefer?

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

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