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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. In Chapter 13, what does Robert Bretall argue 1848 is for Kierkegaard's writing?
(a) The year he realizes he still loves Regina.
(b) The height of his productivity.
(c) The year of his first commercial success.
(d) The year he starts doubting Christ.

2. How long does it take Kierkegaard to write Fear and Trembling?
(a) 5 months.
(b) 35 days.
(c) 2 years.
(d) Less than 60 days.

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

4. Who does Kierkegaard write his pseudonymous work for according to Fear and Trembling?
(a) Regina.
(b) God.
(c) The public.
(d) Himself.

5. What does Kierkegaard say of the realms discussed in Stages on Life's Way?
(a) They all need Christ to make sense.
(b) They are all concrete forms of existance.
(c) They can all be mastered.
(d) They are all divided in 3.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Kierkegaard use when he writes about the Knight of Faith with the Knight of Infinite Resignation?

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

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

4. How does Kierkegaard describe what Christians call sin?

5. What does The Sickness Unto Death define?

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