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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 5, Repetition: An Essay in Experimental Psychology.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Kierkegaard say forms Repetition?
(a) The idea of repetition.
(b) Christ.
(c) Man.
(d) The idea of abundance.

2. What is Kierkegaard letting himself do at the start of The Journals?
(a) Indulge himself with food.
(b) Worship Christ.
(c) Remain silent.
(d) Pass out of himself.

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

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

5. What does Kierkegaard think Fear and Trembling will do to the reader?
(a) Make him think.
(b) Make him convert.
(c) Terrify him.
(d) Amuse him.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Kierkegaard write his pseudonymous work for according to Fear and Trembling?

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

3. What prevents the hero in Repetition from finding what he wants?

4. What does Kierkegaard distinguish between in Either/Or?

5. What does Robert Bretall think of Repetition?

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