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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8, Concluding Unscientific Postscript to the.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Kierkegaard argue must be separated from society and reason?
(a) Men.
(b) Christ.
(c) Individuality.
(d) Church.

3. What country's philosophy does the philosopher who Kierkegaard opposes in Either/Or most influence?
(a) Germany.
(b) Denmark.
(c) France.
(d) Italy.

4. How does Kierkegaard define truth in Concluding Unscientific Postscript?
(a) Objective.
(b) Immaterial.
(c) Irrelevant.
(d) Subjective.

5. How long did reason-based and systematized thinking dominate European philosophy?
(a) 150 years.
(b) 256 years.
(c) 200 years.
(d) 325 years.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Kierkegaard attempt to do according to Robert Bretall in Chapter 5?

2. Where does the idea of Repetition derive from?

3. Who's lecture does Kierkegaard attend?

4. What does Kierkegaard think Fear and Trembling represents?

5. What does the first piece of Stages on Life's Way cover?

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