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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 claim concerning man and the self in The Sickness Unto Death?
(a) Man is not yet a self.
(b) The self is Christ.
(c) Man and Christ are the self.
(d) Man and the self are insignificant.

2. When does Kierkegaard argue that action is only comprehensible?
(a) When faith guides our actions.
(b) When there is possibility.
(c) When told to.
(d) When Christ is present.

3. What does Kierkegaard aim to reduce with Two Discourses and Works of Love?
(a) The gap between the church and the people.
(b) The gap between the orthodox and the modern.
(c) The gap between Catholics and Protestants.
(d) The gap between men and women.

4. In Chapter 13, what does Robert Bretall argue 1848 is for Kierkegaard's writing?
(a) The year he starts doubting Christ.
(b) The year of his first commercial success.
(c) The year he realizes he still loves Regina.
(d) The height of his productivity.

5. How do the common people see Kierkegaard according to Chapter 9?
(a) As friendly, but insane.
(b) As a prophet.
(c) As a dangerous man.
(d) As an Apostle.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Kierkegaard stunned by in The Journals?

2. What does Stages on Life's Way divide according to Robert Bretall in Chapter 7?

3. What does Kierkegaard argue would negate him?

4. What cities does Kierkegaard write Either/Or in?

5. What does Kierkegaard argue cannot be improved or hurt by social organization?

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