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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. Why does Kierkegaard argue people convert for?
(a) To commune with Christ.
(b) The benefits of belief.
(c) Fear.
(d) Peer pressure.

2. How old is Kierkegaard at the age of his conversion?
(a) 26 years old.
(b) 14 years old.
(c) 35 years old.
(d) 25 years old.

3. What do many Catholics argue Kierkegaard would have done had he lived?
(a) Convert to Catholicism.
(b) Become a priest.
(c) Write another book.
(d) Reject Christ.

4. What does Kierkegaard believe lies at the center of Christianity?
(a) Truth.
(b) A religiosity of paradoxes.
(c) A cross.
(d) Christ.

5. What does humanity need according to Kierkegaard?
(a) A teacher.
(b) The church.
(c) Christ.
(d) A love.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Kierkegaard think Fear and Trembling will do to the reader?

2. What does Kierkegaard say being a Christian requires?

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

4. What is Kierkegaard letting himself do at the start of The Journals?

5. What does Kierkegaard think The Sickness Unto Death contains too much of?

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