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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 say of the realms discussed in Stages on Life's Way?
(a) They are all divided in 3.
(b) They can all be mastered.
(c) They all need Christ to make sense.
(d) They are all concrete forms of existance.

2. What city does Kierkegaard live in according to Robert Bretall in Chapter 5?
(a) Paris.
(b) Munich.
(c) London.
(d) Berlin.

3. What does Kierkegaard say must stop being the ultimate goal and motivation for life in Stages of Life's Way?
(a) Aesthetic.
(b) Faith.
(c) Money.
(d) Beauty.

4. What does Kierkegaard give up on according to Robert Bretall Chapter 5?
(a) Marrying Regina.
(b) Going to Church.
(c) Christianity.
(d) Writing.

5. What does Stages on Life's Way divide according to Robert Bretall in Chapter 7?
(a) Spheres of existence.
(b) How to love Christ.
(c) Life.
(d) Lies and superstitions.

Short Answer Questions

1. Of what book is a large portion reproduced in Either/Or?

2. What is Kierkegaard letting himself do at the start of The Journals?

3. What are the Two Edifying Discourse written for?

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

5. What does the meditation in Fear and Trembling illustrate?

Short Essay Questions

1. What must we go beyond according to Kierkegaard?

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

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

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

5. What does Kierkegaard say about humanity?

6. What did Kierkegaard distinguish between in Chapter 2, Either/Or, A Fragment of Life?

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

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

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 is life according to Kierkegaard?

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