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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 prevents the hero in Repetition from finding what he wants?
(a) His depression and introspection.
(b) His family.
(c) His love of God.
(d) Christ.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Kierkegaard say truth is constituted of?

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

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

4. What is Kierkegaard stunned by in The Journals?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What theme do the letters prefigure?

3. Who had an enormous influence on German philosophy, and what do many intellectuals agree on?

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

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

6. What does the truth or art require in Chapter 4, Fear and Trembling?

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

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

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

10. What does Kierkegaard feel about the gifts God gives his family?

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