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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 the meditation in Fear and Trembling illustrate?
(a) Kierkegaard's love for mistery.
(b) Kierkegaard's happiness.
(c) Kierkegaard's love for Regina.
(d) Kierkegaard's regrets.

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

3. Who is Regina Olsen?
(a) Kierkegaard's fiancee.
(b) Kierkegaard's sister.
(c) Kierkegaard's editor.
(d) Kierkegaard's agent.

4. What is Kierkegaard aware of concerning Fear and Trembling?
(a) It is not that good.
(b) Everyone will hate it.
(c) It will be translated into many languages.
(d) The Denmark Church will be offended.

5. What cities does Kierkegaard write Either/Or in?
(a) Paris and Nice.
(b) Berlin and Copenhagen.
(c) Rome and Berlin.
(d) London and Paris.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Kierkegaard stunned by in The Journals?

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

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

4. What is the author arguing is more important than the content of Either/Or?

5. What does Kierkegaard say truth is constituted of?

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