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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Robert Bretall say Kierkegaard is in the Two Edifying Discourses?

2. What does Kierkegaard think Fear and Trembling will do to the reader?

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

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

5. What does Kierkegaard do before leaving for Berlin at the star of Either/Or?

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