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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 13, The Sickness Unto Death.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What topic does Either/Or end with?
(a) Hatred.
(b) Christ.
(c) Love.
(d) Ethics.

2. What does Kierkegaard think Fear and Trembling represents?
(a) The word of Christ.
(b) His entire life.
(c) Regina's past.
(d) His childhood.

3. What does the meditation in Fear and Trembling illustrate?
(a) Kierkegaard's regrets.
(b) Kierkegaard's love for mistery.
(c) Kierkegaard's happiness.
(d) Kierkegaard's love for Regina.

4. When were the last of Kierkegaard aesthetic writings published according to Robert Bretall in Chapter 7?
(a) 1846.
(b) 1865.
(c) 1855.
(d) 1845.

5. What does Kierkegaard say must stop being the ultimate goal and motivation for life in Stages of Life's Way?
(a) Aesthetic.
(b) Beauty.
(c) Money.
(d) Faith.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of Freud's ideas does Kierkegaard prefigure in The Sickness Unto Death?

2. What does Kierkegaard claim concerning man and the self in The Sickness Unto Death?

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

4. How long does it take Kierkegaard to write Fear and Trembling?

5. What does The Sickness Unto Death argue is contained within man?

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