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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. Which of the Two Edifying Discourses does Kierkegaard prefer?
(a) None of them.
(b) All of them.
(c) The first one.
(d) The last one.

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

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

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

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

9. What does Kierkegaard know about himself in The Journals?
(a) He is mistaken.
(b) He is a fraud.
(c) He loves God.
(d) He is both great and small.

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

11. What does Kierkegaard give up on according to Robert Bretall Chapter 5?
(a) Christianity.
(b) Writing.
(c) Marrying Regina.
(d) Going to Church.

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

13. What is Kierkegaard feeling at the start of The Journals?
(a) Fear
(b) Contentment.
(c) Loss.
(d) Love.

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

15. What does Stages on Life's Way divide according to Robert Bretall in Chapter 7?
(a) Lies and superstitions.
(b) Life.
(c) How to love Christ.
(d) Spheres of existence.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are the Two Edifying Discourse written for?

2. What cities does Kierkegaard write Either/Or in?

3. What is the author arguing is more important than the content of Either/Or?

4. What does the human hide from with all his energy according to Kierkegaard?

5. What is Kierkegaard's pseudonym in Repetition?

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