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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 country's philosophy does the philosopher who Kierkegaard opposes in Either/Or most influence?
(a) France.
(b) Germany.
(c) Italy.
(d) Denmark.

2. What topic does Either/Or end with?
(a) Hatred.
(b) Christ.
(c) Ethics.
(d) Love.

3. What does Kierkegaard's pseudonymous writing tell part of?
(a) Socrates' views.
(b) His thoughts on aspects of his philosophy.
(c) Hegel's views.
(d) Regina's views.

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

5. With what book does Kierkegaard's work reach maturity according to Robert Bretall in Chapter 6?
(a) How to be a Christian.
(b) Unscientific Postscript.
(c) The Fragments.
(d) The Journals.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Kierkegaard think Fear and Trembling represents?

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

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

4. What is Kierkegaard aware of in The Journals?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What do those at the banquet held in Chapter 7, Stages on Life's Way find?

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

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

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

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

8. What does Kierkegaard turn away from in Chapter 1, The Journals?

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

10. Who is Regina Olsen?

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