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

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

3. What does Kierkegaard think Fear and Trembling represents?
(a) His entire life.
(b) Regina's past.
(c) The word of Christ.
(d) His childhood.

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

5. What does Kierkegaard use when he writes about the Knight of Faith with the Knight of Infinite Resignation?
(a) Impossible situations.
(b) Paradoxes.
(c) Humor.
(d) Fear.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Kierkegaard letting himself do at the start of The Journals?

2. What does Kierkegaard argue life is?

3. What do many intellectuals agree on in the 19th century concerning the universe?

4. What is the main theme of Fear and Trembling?

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

(see the answer key)

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