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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. Which of Freud's ideas does Kierkegaard prefigure in The Sickness Unto Death?
(a) Death instinct.
(b) Oedipus complex.
(c) Dream interpretation.
(d) Inconscience.

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

3. What does Stages on Life's Way divide according to Robert Bretall in Chapter 7?
(a) Lies and superstitions.
(b) Life.
(c) How to love Christ.
(d) Spheres of existence.

4. Who does The Sickness Unto Death argue the person is?
(a) Insignificant.
(b) A ghost.
(c) A spirit.
(d) The son of Christ.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How many realms does Stages on Life's Way discuss?

2. What do truth and art require according to Fear and Trembling?

3. What does the first piece of Stages on Life's Way cover?

4. In Chapter 13, what does Robert Bretall argue 1848 is for Kierkegaard's writing?

5. Who does Kierkegaard think is the most likely person to understand the ideas in Fear and Trembling?

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