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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4, Fear and Trembling.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Kierkegaard know about himself in The Journals?
(a) He is mistaken.
(b) He loves God.
(c) He is a fraud.
(d) He is both great and small.

2. What does Robert Bretall say Kierkegaard is in the Two Edifying Discourses?
(a) A poet.
(b) A liar.
(c) A fiction writer.
(d) A theopolian.

3. What is Kierkegaard feeling at the start of The Journals?
(a) Contentment.
(b) Loss.
(c) Fear
(d) Love.

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

5. Who is Regina Olsen?
(a) Kierkegaard's sister.
(b) Kierkegaard's fiancee.
(c) Kierkegaard's editor.
(d) Kierkegaard's agent.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the first volume of Either/Or?

2. What are the Two Edifying Discourse written for?

3. What pseudonym does Kierkegaard use to publish Either/Or?

4. Outside of what does Fear and Trembling not make sense?

5. What does Robert Bretall say is difficult to discern in Kierkegaard's writing?

(see the answer key)

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