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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 17, The Attack Upon Christendom.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Kierkegaard's work focus on?
(a) How to sever our link to the organized church.
(b) How to love Christ.
(c) What it means to be a Christian in a Christian society.
(d) How to be a better person.

2. What does Kierkegaard argue the human is in?
(a) Earth.
(b) Error.
(c) The palm of god.
(d) Truth.

3. What does The Sickness Unto Death argue the self is?
(a) The whole of man.
(b) The part of man that does not love Christ.
(c) The part of man that thinks.
(d) A relation that relates to itself.

4. Why does Kierkegaard argue people convert for?
(a) The benefits of belief.
(b) To commune with Christ.
(c) Fear.
(d) Peer pressure.

5. What does Chapter 1 say Kierkegaard is conflicted between?
(a) Love and despair.
(b) Love and hate.
(c) Wonder and hate.
(d) Wonder and despair.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do many intellectuals agree on in the 19th century concerning the universe?

2. What does Kierkegaard argue men are in the modern age?

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

4. How old is Kierkegaard at the age of his conversion?

5. When were the last of Kierkegaard aesthetic writings published according to Robert Bretall in Chapter 7?

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