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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 the author arguing is more important than the content of Either/Or?
(a) Kierkegaard's footnotes.
(b) The title.
(c) The way the book was launched.
(d) Kierkegaard's analysis.

2. Who does Kierkegaard write his pseudonymous work for according to Fear and Trembling?
(a) Himself.
(b) God.
(c) Regina.
(d) The public.

3. What does Kierkegaard's pseudonymous writing tell part of?
(a) Regina's views.
(b) Socrates' views.
(c) Hegel's views.
(d) His thoughts on aspects of his philosophy.

4. What do truth and art require according to Fear and Trembling?
(a) Taste.
(b) Love of God.
(c) The hand of Christ.
(d) An acquaintance with bias.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who's letter does Either/Or contain a series of?

3. Who does Kierkegaard think is the most likely person to understand the ideas in Fear and Trembling?

4. How does Kierkegaard characterize his interpretation of the facts after his conversion?

5. Who is Regina Olsen?

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