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A Kierkegaard Anthology Quiz

Robert W. Bretall
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1)

What does Kierkegaard give up on according to Robert Bretall Chapter 5? (from Chapter 5, Repetition: An Essay in Experimental Psychology)

Going to Church.
Writing.
Christianity.
Marrying Regina.
2)

Who was Bishop Mynster? (from Chapter 17, The Attack Upon Christendom)

A friend fo the family.
Denmark's head bishop.
A rival writer.
Kierkegaard's editor.
3)

With what book does Kierkegaard's work reach maturity according to Robert Bretall in Chapter 6? (from Chapter 6, Philosophical Fragments, or a Fragment of Philosophy)

Unscientific Postscript.
The Fragments.
How to be a Christian.
The Journals.
4)

What prevents the hero in Repetition from finding what he wants? (from Chapter 5, Repetition: An Essay in Experimental Psychology)

His family.
Christ.
His love of God.
His depression and introspection.
5)

What does the pseudonymous author of The Fragments resist? (from Chapter 6, Philosophical Fragments, or a Fragment of Philosophy)

Going to church.
Discovering himself.
Discipleship of Jesus.
Love.
6)

What does Kierkegaard argue would negate him? (from Chapter 8, Concluding Unscientific Postscript to the)

To be loved by Christ.
To be included in a whole.
To agree with Hegel.
To stop writing.
7)

What does Robert Bretall in Chapter 17 argue Kierkegaard's The Attack Upon Christendom attacks? (from Chapter 17, The Attack Upon Christendom)

The whole of Christianity.
Kierkegaard's past view on Christianity.
Bishop Mynster.
Danish State Church.
8)

What does Kierkegaard think Bishop Mynster did not witness? (from Chapter 17, The Attack Upon Christendom)

The light.
The love of christ.
The truth.
A miracle.
9)

What does Kierkegaard say must stop being the ultimate goal and motivation for life in Stages of Life's Way? (from Chapter 7, Stages on Life's Way, Studies by Sundry Persons)

Faith.
Beauty.
Money.
Aesthetic.
10)

What book sets the stage for Kierkegaard's mature work? (from Chapter 6, Philosophical Fragments, or a Fragment of Philosophy)

Seducer's Diary.
How to be a Christian.
The Fragments.
The Journals.
11)

Who does The Sickness Unto Death argue the person is? (from Chapter 13, The Sickness Unto Death)

The son of Christ.
Insignificant.
A ghost.
A spirit.
12)

How does Kierkegaard characterize Hegel's thinking? (from Chapter 8, Concluding Unscientific Postscript to the)

Ridiculous.
Faithless.
Right.
Limited.
13)

What does humanity need according to Kierkegaard? (from Chapter 6, Philosophical Fragments, or a Fragment of Philosophy)

A love.
A teacher.
The church.
Christ.
14)

What does Kierkegaard believe the problem with modern Christianity is? (from Chapter 14, Training in Christianity)

It removes the possibility of offense despite how offensive it is.
It is not in touch with reality.
It is unforgiving.
It relies on dogma too much.
15)

What is Kierkegaard's pseudonym in Repetition? (from Chapter 5, Repetition: An Essay in Experimental Psychology)

Marc Antony.
Constantine Traversius.
Julius Antonius.
Constantine Contantius.
16)

According to Robert Bretall in Chapter 11, what does Kierkegaard see the truth as? (from Chapter 10, Purity of Heart, Edifying Discourses in Various Spirits, Chapter 11, Works of Love, Chapter 12, The Point of View For My Work as an Author)

What moves toward unity or the complete.
A noble goal.
An illusion.
The word of Christ.
17)

What does Kierkegaard say being a Christian requires? (from Chapter 14, Training in Christianity)

Finding a place between offense and rejecting the possibility of offense.
Follow the Bible and not the state church's interpretation of it.
Follow Christ whatever the cost.
Follow the Church and its dogma the best you can.
18)

What does Kierkegaard argue is the heart of the public? (from Chapter 9, The Present Age, A Literary Review)

Faith.
Gambling.
The press.
The law.
19)

What other work does Kierkegaard produce during the period in which he writes The Journals? (from Chapter 15, Two Discourses at the Communion of Fridays, Chapter 16, The Journals (1850-1854))

2 novels.
Nothing.
3 books.
5 pamphlets.
20)

Who did Bishop Mynster influence? (from Chapter 17, The Attack Upon Christendom)

Kierkegaard himself.
Kierkegaard's father.
Regina.
Hegel.
21)

What is the name of the best known section of Stages on Life's Way? (from Chapter 7, Stages on Life's Way, Studies by Sundry Persons)

The last supper.
The restaurant.
The meal.
The banquet.
22)

What does Robert Bretall in Chapter 11 say Kierkegaard rejects and critiques? (from Chapter 10, Purity of Heart, Edifying Discourses in Various Spirits, Chapter 11, Works of Love, Chapter 12, The Point of View For My Work as an Author)

Many central Protestant ideas.
Organized churches.
Christ.
Faith.
23)

How long did reason-based and systematized thinking dominate European philosophy? (from Chapter 8, Concluding Unscientific Postscript to the)

325 years.
256 years.
200 years.
150 years.
24)

Who is still famous for maintaining the doctrine of Justification by Faith against the Catholic view of merit and indulgence? (from Chapter 10, Purity of Heart, Edifying Discourses in Various Spirits, Chapter 11, Works of Love, Chapter 12, The Point of View For My Work as an Author)

The Anglican Church.
The Pope.
Martin Luther.
The head of the Denmark State Church.
25)

What does Repetition have that lacks in many of Kierkegaard's works? (from Chapter 5, Repetition: An Essay in Experimental Psychology)

A plot.
Chapters.
Humor.
A third person point of view.
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