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

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

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

4. What does Kierkegaard think what his family receives is?
(a) A punishment.
(b) Bad luck.
(c) Money.
(d) A good omen.

5. What is Kierkegaard letting himself do at the start of The Journals?
(a) Pass out of himself.
(b) Indulge himself with food.
(c) Worship Christ.
(d) Remain silent.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Kierkegaard argue men always appear to be biased by?

3. Where does the idea of Repetition derive from?

4. What is the name of the best known section of Stages on Life's Way?

5. What do many intellectuals agree on in the 19th century concerning the universe?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is truth discovered according to Two Edifying Discourses?

2. What does Constantine receive and what does he want to remain?

3. What does Kierkegaard believe about truth in Two Edifying Discourses?

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

5. What is inverted, according to Kierkegaard?

6. Who is Regina Olsen?

7. What does the truth or art require in Chapter 4, Fear and Trembling?

8. What does Kierkegaard say about humanity?

9. What does Kierkegaard publish at the beginning of Chapter 2, Either/Or, A Fragment of Life and why does it represent him well?

10. What passage from the Bible does Kierkegaard focus on in Chapter 4, Fear and Trembling?

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