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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 shall not fall to the ground without the will of the Father according to The Journals?
(a) A mouse.
(b) An elephant.
(c) A sparrow.
(d) A man.

2. What are the Two Edifying Discourse written for?
(a) Seduce Regina.
(b) To strengthen the faith of the individual.
(c) Contradict Hegel.
(d) Make money.

3. When were the last of Kierkegaard aesthetic writings published according to Robert Bretall in Chapter 7?
(a) 1855.
(b) 1865.
(c) 1845.
(d) 1846.

4. What does Kierkegaard call faith?
(a) The organ of understanding.
(b) The best thing man has.
(c) The reason for being.
(d) The way to love Christ.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who's lecture does Kierkegaard attend?

2. What does Kierkegaard think Fear and Trembling will do to the reader?

3. When does Kierkegaard write about truth in Either/Or?

4. What does Kierkegaard argue the truth is outside of?

5. What does Robert Bretall think of Repetition?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What is inverted, according to Kierkegaard?

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

7. How does the prophecy in Chapter 5, Repetition come to pass?

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

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

10. What did Kierkegaard have a radical hatred for?

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