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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2, Either/Or, A Fragment of Life.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the author arguing is more important than the content of Either/Or?
(a) The title.
(b) Kierkegaard's footnotes.
(c) Kierkegaard's analysis.
(d) The way the book was launched.

2. Who's ideas does Kierkegaard oppose in Either/Or?
(a) Socrates.
(b) G.W.F Hegel.
(c) Proust.
(d) Plato.

3. What do many intellectuals agree on in the 19th century concerning the universe?
(a) Universe is pure unity.
(b) The Universe is infinite.
(c) The Universe is where we are.
(d) The Universe is limited only by our love of Christ.

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

5. Of what book is a large portion reproduced in Either/Or?
(a) Romantic Love.
(b) The Seducer's Diary.
(c) How to love.
(d) How to be a Christian.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Kierkegaard argue major choices in life are not choices of?

2. What does Kierkegaard feel about the prevalent ideas about the universe and distinction?

3. What do many intellectuals agree on in the 19th century concerning distinctions?

4. How old is Kierkegaard at the age of his conversion?

5. What does the first letter in Either/Or analyze?

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