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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. How does Kierkegaard characterize his interpretation of the facts after his conversion?
(a) Infallible.
(b) Right.
(c) Limited.
(d) Wrong.

2. What does Kierkegaard say of the truth that teaches and builds up the human person in Two Edifying Discourses?
(a) It is the only truth worth having.
(b) It is useless.
(c) It is one truth among many.
(d) It is the only truth that can make a difference in our lives.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Kierkegaard argue life is?

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

3. How old is Kierkegaard at the age of his conversion?

4. What do The Journals say Kierkegaard feels?

5. What does the first letter in Either/Or analyze?

(see the answer key)

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