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

2. What does Kierkegaard argue the human is in?
(a) Error.
(b) Truth.
(c) The palm of god.
(d) Earth.

3. What does Kierkegaard attempt to do according to Robert Bretall in Chapter 5?
(a) Attend church.
(b) Marry Regina.
(c) Love himself.
(d) Act as honestly as possible.

4. What does Kierkegaard argue men always appear to be biased by?
(a) Their environment.
(b) Christ.
(c) Their education.
(d) His own perspective.

5. Where does The Journals say Kierkegaard was on July 29, 1835?
(a) Copenhagen.
(b) Ribe.
(c) Gilbjerg.
(d) Silkeborg.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Kierkegaard argue life is?

2. What does Kierkegaard say he cannot do with Regina?

3. Which of the Two Edifying Discourses does Kierkegaard prefer?

4. What does Kierkegaard fight against according to Robert Bretall in Chapter 5?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. What did Kierkegaard have a radical hatred for?

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

10. What is the question raised in Chapter 6, Philosophical Fragments?

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