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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer 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) Worship Christ.
(d) Remain silent.

2. Which of the Two Edifying Discourses does Kierkegaard prefer?
(a) None of them.
(b) The last one.
(c) The first one.
(d) All of them.

3. What book sets the stage for Kierkegaard's mature work?
(a) The Journals.
(b) The Fragments.
(c) How to be a Christian.
(d) Seducer's Diary.

4. What does Kierkegaard meditate on in Fear and Trembling?
(a) Abraham's call to kill his son Isaac.
(b) A sparrow.
(c) The incarnation.
(d) The resurrection.

5. What does the human hide from with all his energy according to Kierkegaard?
(a) His desires.
(b) Himself.
(c) Truth.
(d) Christ.

6. What does Kierkegaard think his family received?
(a) An inheritance.
(b) Good luck.
(c) A gift from God.
(d) A curse.

7. What does Kierkegaard believe lies at the center of Christianity?
(a) A cross.
(b) A religiosity of paradoxes.
(c) Christ.
(d) Truth.

8. What does Kierkegaard think will happen with what his family received?
(a) It will disappear.
(b) It will come from time to time.
(c) It is something of the past.
(d) It will continue.

9. What is Kierkegaard aware of concerning Fear and Trembling?
(a) Everyone will hate it.
(b) The Denmark Church will be offended.
(c) It is not that good.
(d) It will be translated into many languages.

10. What do truth and art require according to Fear and Trembling?
(a) An acquaintance with bias.
(b) Love of God.
(c) Taste.
(d) The hand of Christ.

11. What is Kierkegaard stunned by in The Journals?
(a) The power of God.
(b) His own feeling.
(c) His own nothingness.
(d) The feelings of Chris.

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

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

14. What does the hero of Repetition have trouble finding?
(a) Himself.
(b) A good church.
(c) A true union with the woman he loves.
(d) Christ.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Kierkegaard characterize his interpretation of the facts after his conversion?

2. What are the Two Edifying Discourse written for?

3. What does Kierkegaard argue major choices in life are choices of?

4. What is Kierkegaard undergoing after his conversion?

5. What is Kierkegaard feeling at the start of The Journals?

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