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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) Pass out of himself.
(b) Indulge himself with food.
(c) Remain silent.
(d) Worship Christ.

2. When does Kierkegaard write Repetition?
(a) 1845.
(b) 1853.
(c) 1843.
(d) 1854.

3. Who's lecture does Kierkegaard attend?
(a) Hegel's.
(b) Igor Stensen's.
(c) Schelling's.
(d) Socrates'.

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

5. What does Kierkegaard say forms Repetition?
(a) Christ.
(b) Man.
(c) The idea of repetition.
(d) The idea of abundance.

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

7. What does Kierkegaard feel about the prevalent ideas about the universe and distinction?
(a) He embraces them.
(b) He doubts them.
(c) He hates them.
(d) He finds them unsubstantiated.

8. What does Kierkegaard think what his family receives is?
(a) Money.
(b) A good omen.
(c) Bad luck.
(d) A punishment.

9. What happens to Kierkegaard and Regina's relationship?
(a) Kierkegaard replaces her.
(b) Kierkegaard breaks off the engagement.
(c) Kierkegaard fires her.
(d) Regina dies.

10. What does Kierkegaard use when he writes about the Knight of Faith with the Knight of Infinite Resignation?
(a) Paradoxes.
(b) Impossible situations.
(c) Fear.
(d) Humor.

11. What does the first letter in Either/Or analyze?
(a) Christ.
(b) God's influence on mankind.
(c) Romantic love.
(d) Death.

12. What does the meditation in Fear and Trembling illustrate?
(a) Kierkegaard's happiness.
(b) Kierkegaard's love for Regina.
(c) Kierkegaard's love for mistery.
(d) Kierkegaard's regrets.

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

14. What are the Two Edifying Discourse written for?
(a) To strengthen the faith of the individual.
(b) Seduce Regina.
(c) Make money.
(d) Contradict Hegel.

15. What do many intellectuals agree on in the 19th century concerning distinctions?
(a) Distinctions are not distinctive.
(b) Distinctions are overrated.
(c) Distinctions are illusory.
(d) Distinctions separate man from beast.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Kierkegaard aware of concerning Fear and Trembling?

2. What does Kierkegaard think will happen with what his family received?

3. Where in Either/Or are the edifying discourses published?

4. What does Kierkegaard say "is given its rights"?

5. Who does Kierkegaard write his pseudonymous work for according to Fear and Trembling?

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