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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 14, Training in Christianity.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What pseudonym does Kierkegaard use to publish Either/Or?
(a) Sophie Marcus.
(b) Victor Eremita.
(c) Emile Proust.
(d) Marcus Temporarus.

2. What does Robert Bretall say is difficult to discern in Kierkegaard's writing?
(a) Which aspects of Kierkegaard are present.
(b) Who he is talking to.
(c) If the love of Christ guides him.
(d) If he is Christian.

3. Who's ideas does Kierkegaard oppose in Either/Or?
(a) G.W.F Hegel.
(b) Plato.
(c) Proust.
(d) Socrates.

4. What does Robert Bretall in Chapter 11 say about the views of Kierkegaard on Christianity the year before he dies?
(a) He will reject Christ.
(b) He will be disillusioned.
(c) He will convert to Catholicism.
(d) He will think that Christianity is stronger than ever.

5. What does The Sickness Unto Death argue is contained within man?
(a) Faith.
(b) The self.
(c) Christ.
(d) The infinite and the finite.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the Two Edifying Discourses does Kierkegaard prefer?

2. What does Kierkegaard believe lies at the center of Christianity?

3. What does Christ's contemporary accept Christ despite of?

4. What does Kierkegaard call faith?

5. What book sets the stage for Kierkegaard's mature work?

(see the answer key)

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