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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. Outside of what does Fear and Trembling not make sense?
(a) Church.
(b) The Protestant faith.
(c) An asylum.
(d) Kierkegaard's life.

2. What is the name of the best known section of Stages on Life's Way?
(a) The restaurant.
(b) The last supper.
(c) The meal.
(d) The banquet.

3. What does The Sickness Unto Death argue is contained within man?
(a) The infinite and the finite.
(b) The self.
(c) Faith.
(d) Christ.

4. What does Kierkegaard think of The Sickness Unto Death?
(a) It is strong.
(b) It is his final word on the subject.
(c) It is weak.
(d) It is a good introductory work.

5. What does Kierkegaard meditate on in Fear and Trembling?
(a) Abraham's call to kill his son Isaac.
(b) The incarnation.
(c) The resurrection.
(d) A sparrow.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Kierkegaard think Fear and Trembling represents?

2. Who does The Sickness Unto Death argue the person is?

3. What does Kierkegaard think Fear and Trembling will do to the reader?

4. What does Robert Bretall in Chapter 13 argue The Sickness Unto Death tries to understand?

5. What does Kierkegaard argue man is not?

(see the answer key)

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