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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. What does Kierkegaard argue men always appear to be biased by?
(a) Christ.
(b) His own perspective.
(c) Their education.
(d) Their environment.

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

6. What does Kierkegaard argue life is?
(a) A series of moments.
(b) The time between our birth and our death.
(c) A series of stark choices.
(d) The time between our acceptance of the love of Christ and our death.

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

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

9. How old is Kierkegaard at the age of his conversion?
(a) 25 years old.
(b) 26 years old.
(c) 35 years old.
(d) 14 years old.

10. What pseudonym does Kierkegaard use to publish Either/Or?
(a) Victor Eremita.
(b) Sophie Marcus.
(c) Emile Proust.
(d) Marcus Temporarus.

11. What does Kierkegaard say of the truth that teaches and builds up the human person in Two Edifying Discourses?
(a) It is the only truth that can make a difference in our lives.
(b) It is one truth among many.
(c) It is useless.
(d) It is the only truth worth having.

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

13. What does Kierkegaard say of the realms discussed in Stages on Life's Way?
(a) They can all be mastered.
(b) They are all divided in 3.
(c) They all need Christ to make sense.
(d) They are all concrete forms of existance.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Outside of what does Fear and Trembling not make sense?

2. What topic does Either/Or end with?

3. What does humanity need according to Kierkegaard?

4. What is Kierkegaard's pseudonym in Repetition?

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

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