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

2. Who's ideas does Kierkegaard oppose in Either/Or?
(a) Plato.
(b) Proust.
(c) Socrates.
(d) G.W.F Hegel.

3. Who does Kierkegaard think is the most likely person to understand the ideas in Fear and Trembling?
(a) A theologian.
(b) A priest.
(c) Regina.
(d) Himself.

4. What shall not fall to the ground without the will of the Father according to The Journals?
(a) A man.
(b) A sparrow.
(c) A mouse.
(d) An elephant.

5. What name does Kierkegaard use to publish the Two Edifying Discourses?
(a) Natus Metalus.
(b) Marcus Angelicus.
(c) Lorentium Sisium.
(d) His own.

Short Answer Questions

1. When does Kierkegaard write about truth in Either/Or?

2. Who's lecture does Kierkegaard attend?

3. What does Kierkegaard distinguish between in Either/Or?

4. What does Kierkegaard argue major choices in life are not choices of?

5. What does Kierkegaard believe lies at the center of Christianity?

(see the answer key)

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