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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 Kierkegaard use when he writes about the Knight of Faith with the Knight of Infinite Resignation?
(a) Humor.
(b) Impossible situations.
(c) Paradoxes.
(d) Fear.

2. What does Kierkegaard think will happen with what his family received?
(a) It will come from time to time.
(b) It will continue.
(c) It will disappear.
(d) It is something of the past.

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

4. What are the Two Edifying Discourse written for?
(a) Make money.
(b) Contradict Hegel.
(c) To strengthen the faith of the individual.
(d) Seduce Regina.

5. What do many intellectuals agree on in the 19th century concerning the universe?
(a) The Universe is infinite.
(b) Universe is pure unity.
(c) The Universe is limited only by our love of Christ.
(d) The Universe is where we are.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

4. What does Chapter 1 say Kierkegaard is conflicted between?

5. What is Kierkegaard feeling at the start of The Journals?

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