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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) Socrates.
(d) G.W.F Hegel.

2. What name does Kierkegaard use to publish the Two Edifying Discourses?
(a) Lorentium Sisium.
(b) Marcus Angelicus.
(c) His own.
(d) Natus Metalus.

3. Who does Kierkegaard think is the most likely person to understand the ideas in Fear and Trembling?
(a) Regina.
(b) A priest.
(c) A theologian.
(d) Himself.

4. What does Robert Bretall say is difficult to discern in Kierkegaard's writing?
(a) If the love of Christ guides him.
(b) Who he is talking to.
(c) Which aspects of Kierkegaard are present.
(d) If he is Christian.

5. Where in Either/Or are the edifying discourses published?
(a) Chapter 2.
(b) Chapter 5.
(c) Chapter 1.
(d) Chapter 3.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Kierkegaard write his pseudonymous work for according to Fear and Trembling?

2. What does Kierkegaard argue major choices in life are choices of?

3. What country's philosophy does the philosopher who Kierkegaard opposes in Either/Or most influence?

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

5. What does the meditation in Fear and Trembling illustrate?

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