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

2. What is Kierkegaard undergoing after his conversion?
(a) A change of heart.
(b) The flu.
(c) A terrible revolution.
(d) A physical transformation.

3. What does Kierkegaard believe lies at the center of Christianity?
(a) Christ.
(b) A religiosity of paradoxes.
(c) A cross.
(d) Truth.

4. What does Kierkegaard think Fear and Trembling will do to the reader?
(a) Amuse him.
(b) Make him think.
(c) Terrify him.
(d) Make him convert.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Kierkegaard think is the most likely person to understand the ideas in Fear and Trembling?

2. Who is Regina Olsen?

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

4. What does Kierkegaard think his family received?

5. What is Kierkegaard stunned by in The Journals?

(see the answer key)

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