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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who did Bishop Mynster influence?
(a) Regina.
(b) Kierkegaard himself.
(c) Hegel.
(d) Kierkegaard's father.

2. Who does Kierkegaard argue is attracted by Christ and his doctrines?
(a) Everyone.
(b) Smart people.
(c) No one.
(d) Good people.

3. What does Kierkegaard argue antiquity was ruled by?
(a) Leadership.
(b) King.
(c) The Pope.
(d) Men.

4. What does Kierkegaard resonate with concerning spirituality?
(a) Hegel's views.
(b) Catholic monastic life.
(c) Denmark State Church.
(d) Papal teachings.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the criticism of Kierkegaard targeted at?

2. When is Concluding Unscientific Postscript published?

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

4. What does Hegel think truth is according to Chapter 8?

5. What does The Sickness Unto Death argue the self is?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Kierkegaard find outrageous and upsetting?

2. What does Kierkegaard declare of truth?

3. What does Kierkegaard aim to do in Chapter 15, Two Discourses at the Communion on Fridays?

4. What does Kierkegaard seek about the church at the end of The Attack Upon Christendom?

5. What does man contain, according to Kierkegaard?

6. What does Kierkegaard see truth as?

7. What does Kierkegaard believe about Hegel's world of reason in Chapter 8, Concluding Unscientific Postscript?

8. Why is Kierkegaard biased about the press?

9. If you are a Christian, what are you not doing according to Kierkegaard in Chapter 14, Training in Christianity?

10. What does Kierkegaard express his hatred of in Chapter 15, The Journals?

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