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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6, Philosophical Fragments, or a Fragment of Philosophy.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Kierkegaard fight against according to Robert Bretall in Chapter 5?
(a) The Denmark State Church.
(b) Regina.
(c) Himself.
(d) Subconscious aspects of the self.

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

3. What does Kierkegaard believe lies at the center of Christianity?
(a) A cross.
(b) A religiosity of paradoxes.
(c) Truth.
(d) Christ.

4. What pseudonym does Kierkegaard use for The Fragments?
(a) Salus Salenicus.
(b) Johannes Climacus.
(c) Romanos Anasicus.
(d) Stuartus Sagitarus.

5. What does Kierkegaard say of the truth that teaches and builds up the human person in Two Edifying Discourses?
(a) It is one truth among many.
(b) It is the only truth worth having.
(c) It is useless.
(d) It is the only truth that can make a difference in our lives.

Short Answer Questions

1. What shall not fall to the ground without the will of the Father according to The Journals?

2. What prevents the hero in Repetition from finding what he wants?

3. Where does The Journals say Kierkegaard was on July 29, 1835?

4. What is Kierkegaard letting himself do at the start of The Journals?

5. What is the main theme of Fear and Trembling?

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