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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Kierkegaard think Fear and Trembling represents?
(a) Regina's past.
(b) His childhood.
(c) The word of Christ.
(d) His entire life.

3. What book sets the stage for Kierkegaard's mature work?
(a) The Fragments.
(b) How to be a Christian.
(c) Seducer's Diary.
(d) The Journals.

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

5. What does Repetition have that lacks in many of Kierkegaard's works?
(a) A third person point of view.
(b) A plot.
(c) Chapters.
(d) Humor.

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

7. What does the hero of Repetition have trouble finding?
(a) Christ.
(b) Himself.
(c) A good church.
(d) A true union with the woman he loves.

8. Who's lecture does Kierkegaard attend?
(a) Schelling's.
(b) Socrates'.
(c) Igor Stensen's.
(d) Hegel's.

9. What does Chapter 1 say Kierkegaard is conflicted between?
(a) Wonder and despair.
(b) Love and despair.
(c) Love and hate.
(d) Wonder and hate.

10. What is the main theme of Fear and Trembling?
(a) Love.
(b) The encounter between the individual and the universe.
(c) Commitment.
(d) Fear.

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

12. What is Kierkegaard aware of concerning Fear and Trembling?
(a) Everyone will hate it.
(b) It will be translated into many languages.
(c) It is not that good.
(d) The Denmark Church will be offended.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Kierkegaard stunned by in The Journals?

2. What does Kierkegaard argue the truth is outside of?

3. What does Kierkegaard argue we always place our consciousness in?

4. What does Kierkegaard say "is given its rights"?

5. What does Kierkegaard fight against according to Robert Bretall in Chapter 5?

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