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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 is Kierkegaard stunned by in The Journals?
(a) His own nothingness.
(b) The feelings of Chris.
(c) His own feeling.
(d) The power of God.

2. What does Kierkegaard do before leaving for Berlin at the star of Either/Or?
(a) Breaks off his engagement with Regina Olsen.
(b) Writes a book.
(c) Goes to church.
(d) Buries his dog, Maximus.

3. What is the main theme of Fear and Trembling?
(a) Love.
(b) Commitment.
(c) The encounter between the individual and the universe.
(d) Fear.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What happens to Kierkegaard and Regina's relationship?

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

4. What do many intellectuals agree on in the 19th century concerning distinctions?

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

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