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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Kierkegaard meditate on in Fear and Trembling?
(a) The incarnation.
(b) Abraham's call to kill his son Isaac.
(c) The resurrection.
(d) A sparrow.

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

4. What is Kierkegaard's pseudonym in Repetition?
(a) Constantine Contantius.
(b) Julius Antonius.
(c) Constantine Traversius.
(d) Marc Antony.

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

6. With what book does Kierkegaard's work reach maturity according to Robert Bretall in Chapter 6?
(a) The Journals.
(b) Unscientific Postscript.
(c) How to be a Christian.
(d) The Fragments.

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

8. Where does the idea of Repetition derive from?
(a) Regina's life.
(b) The life of Christ.
(c) Kierkegaard's own life.
(d) The rise of Christian dogma.

9. What does the first piece of Stages on Life's Way cover?
(a) Love and aesthetic.
(b) The role of Bishops.
(c) Love in Christ.
(d) Trust in the state Church.

10. What does Kierkegaard say truth is constituted of?
(a) Faith and events.
(b) Love.
(c) The word of Christ.
(d) Parts that may initially seem at odds.

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

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

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

14. What does Kierkegaard think his family received?
(a) A gift from God.
(b) A curse.
(c) Good luck.
(d) An inheritance.

15. What does Kierkegaard use when he writes about the Knight of Faith with the Knight of Infinite Resignation?
(a) Humor.
(b) Fear.
(c) Paradoxes.
(d) Impossible situations.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Kierkegaard think what his family receives is?

2. How long does it take Kierkegaard to write Fear and Trembling?

3. What pseudonym does Kierkegaard use to write the second piece of Stages on Life's Way?

4. What topic does Either/Or end with?

5. Who does Kierkegaard write his pseudonymous work for according to Fear and Trembling?

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