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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. What religion does Robert Bretall in Chapter 11 say Kierkegaard follows?
(a) Buddhism.
(b) Protestantism.
(c) Catholicism.
(d) Agnosticism.

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

3. What does Kierkegaard think Bishop Mynster did not witness?
(a) A miracle.
(b) The truth.
(c) The love of christ.
(d) The light.

4. What does Robert Bretall in Chapter 13 argue The Sickness Unto Death tries to understand?
(a) The role of the church in the state.
(b) The love of Christ.
(c) The corruption within each man.
(d) Faith.

5. What does Kierkegaard realize in "Rest at the foot of the altar"?
(a) That he teaches without authority.
(b) Catholicism is better for the average man.
(c) He was wrong about Christ.
(d) Regina did not love him.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does The Sickness Unto Death define?

2. What is the title of the conclusion of Concluding Unscientific Postscript?

3. What does Kierkegaard say of the practice of taking sacraments?

4. Who does The Sickness Unto Death argue the person is?

5. What does Kierkegaard argue is required to be Christ's contemporary?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Kierkegaard find outrageous and upsetting?

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

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

4. What does Kierkegaard say Christianity offends?

5. What, according to Kierkegaard, can generate true knowledge of the validity of Christianity?

6. What does Kierkegaard claim happens when we relate to our true selves?

7. Who died in 1854 in Chapter 17, The Attack Upon Christendom, and how was this person remembered?

8. When was Chapter 12, The Point of View For My Work as an Author published?

9. What does Kierkegaard believe about modern Christianity?

10. Why is Kierkegaard biased about the press?

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