View a FREE sample

This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4, Fear and Trembling.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens to Kierkegaard and Regina's relationship?
(a) Kierkegaard fires her.
(b) Regina dies.
(c) Kierkegaard replaces her.
(d) Kierkegaard breaks off the engagement.

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

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

4. How does Kierkegaard characterize his interpretation of the facts after his conversion?
(a) Right.
(b) Limited.
(c) Wrong.
(d) Infallible.

5. What does Kierkegaard argue life is?
(a) A series of moments.
(b) The time between our birth and our death.
(c) The time between our acceptance of the love of Christ and our death.
(d) A series of stark choices.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Kierkegaard say of the truth that teaches and builds up the human person in Two Edifying Discourses?

2. What does Kierkegaard think Fear and Trembling represents?

3. What does Kierkegaard do before leaving for Berlin at the star of Either/Or?

4. What cities does Kierkegaard write Either/Or in?

5. Where in Either/Or are the edifying discourses published?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 259 words (approx. 1 page at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample