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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Kierkegaard argue we always place our consciousness in?
(a) Church.
(b) Our body.
(c) The love of Christ.
(d) Experience.

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

4. Who does Kierkegaard think is the most likely person to understand the ideas in Fear and Trembling?
(a) Himself.
(b) A theologian.
(c) Regina.
(d) A priest.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What do The Journals say Kierkegaard feels?

2. What does Kierkegaard argue the human is in?

3. What does Kierkegaard say of the truth that teaches and builds up the human person in Two Edifying Discourses?

4. What name does Kierkegaard use to publish the Two Edifying Discourses?

5. What does Kierkegaard think Fear and Trembling represents?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is inverted, according to Kierkegaard?

2. What banquet is referred to in Chapter 7, Stages on Life's Way?

3. What three stages does Kierkegaard introduce in Chapter 7, Stages on Life's Way?

4. What is the terrible revolution which Kierkegaard speaks of in Chapter 1, The Journals?

5. Who had an enormous influence on German philosophy, and what do many intellectuals agree on?

6. Who is Regina Olsen?

7. What does Kierkegaard say about humanity?

8. What words of Christ was Kierkegaard aware of in Chapter 1,The Journals?

9. What excruciating combination does the young hero in Chapter 5, Repetition endure?

10. Where does Kierkegaard find himself, and what is he doing in Chapter 1, The Journals?

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