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

2. What does Kierkegaard claim concerning man and the self in The Sickness Unto Death?
(a) The self is Christ.
(b) Man and the self are insignificant.
(c) Man is not yet a self.
(d) Man and Christ are the self.

3. What does Kierkegaard think The Sickness Unto Death contains too much of?
(a) Discussion to effectively use rhetoric.
(b) Long sentence.
(c) Humor.
(d) References to Christ.

4. What pseudonym does Kierkegaard use to write the second piece of Stages on Life's Way?
(a) Moter Tactimus.
(b) Frater Tactiturnus.
(c) Julius Manuterus.
(d) Frater Turburus.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Kierkegaard think Fear and Trembling represents?

3. How does Kierkegaard describe what Christians call sin?

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

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

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