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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What does Kierkegaard say must stop being the ultimate goal and motivation for life in Stages of Life's Way?
(a) Money.
(b) Faith.
(c) Beauty.
(d) Aesthetic.

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

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

6. What do many intellectuals agree on in the 19th century concerning distinctions?
(a) Distinctions are illusory.
(b) Distinctions are not distinctive.
(c) Distinctions separate man from beast.
(d) Distinctions are overrated.

7. What country's philosophy does the philosopher who Kierkegaard opposes in Either/Or most influence?
(a) Germany.
(b) Italy.
(c) Denmark.
(d) France.

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

9. What does Kierkegaard feel about the prevalent ideas about the universe and distinction?
(a) He hates them.
(b) He finds them unsubstantiated.
(c) He embraces them.
(d) He doubts them.

10. Who does Kierkegaard write his pseudonymous work for according to Fear and Trembling?
(a) God.
(b) Himself.
(c) Regina.
(d) The public.

11. Who is Regina Olsen?
(a) Kierkegaard's sister.
(b) Kierkegaard's editor.
(c) Kierkegaard's fiancee.
(d) Kierkegaard's agent.

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

13. Outside of what does Fear and Trembling not make sense?
(a) Church.
(b) The Protestant faith.
(c) An asylum.
(d) Kierkegaard's life.

14. What is the author arguing is more important than the content of Either/Or?
(a) Kierkegaard's footnotes.
(b) Kierkegaard's analysis.
(c) The title.
(d) The way the book was launched.

15. Of what book is a large portion reproduced in Either/Or?
(a) How to be a Christian.
(b) The Seducer's Diary.
(c) Romantic Love.
(d) How to love.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Kierkegaard believe lies at the center of Christianity?

2. What pseudonym does Kierkegaard use for The Fragments?

3. What does Kierkegaard think Fear and Trembling will do to the reader?

4. What is the main theme of Fear and Trembling?

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

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