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

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

3. What does Kierkegaard say "is given its rights"?
(a) Hatred.
(b) Christ.
(c) Love.
(d) The religious realm.

4. What is Kierkegaard feeling at the start of The Journals?
(a) Love.
(b) Fear
(c) Contentment.
(d) Loss.

5. How does Kierkegaard characterize his interpretation of the facts after his conversion?
(a) Limited.
(b) Wrong.
(c) Infallible.
(d) Right.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does humanity need according to Kierkegaard?

2. Who's lecture does Kierkegaard attend?

3. What does Kierkegaard say of the realms discussed in Stages on Life's Way?

4. What does Kierkegaard attempt to do according to Robert Bretall in Chapter 5?

5. What country's philosophy does the philosopher who Kierkegaard opposes in Either/Or most influence?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does the young hero depicted in Chapter 5, Repetition, resonate with Kierkegaard?

3. What does the Knight of Faith do in Chapter 4, Fear and Trembling?

4. What does Kierkegaard say about truth not being within ourselves in Chapter 6, Philosophical Fragments?

5. What does Kierkegaard say about humanity?

6. Who is Regina Olsen?

7. What does Kierkegaard feel about the gifts God gives his family?

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

9. What must the individual Christian see in Chapter 3, Two Edifying Discourses?

10. What does Kierkegaard believe cannot be escaped by us?

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