View a FREE sample

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 say of the practice of taking sacraments?
(a) It should not be done.
(b) It has become meaningless.
(c) It is the purest expression of Christ.
(d) It has become rote.

2. What city does Kierkegaard live in according to Robert Bretall in Chapter 5?
(a) Munich.
(b) London.
(c) Berlin.
(d) Paris.

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

4. What prevents the hero in Repetition from finding what he wants?
(a) His love of God.
(b) His depression and introspection.
(c) His family.
(d) Christ.

5. Where does The Journals say Kierkegaard was on July 29, 1835?
(a) Silkeborg.
(b) Gilbjerg.
(c) Ribe.
(d) Copenhagen.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Kierkegaard feeling at the start of The Journals?

2. Who does Bishop Mynster's eulogy compare him to?

3. How old is Kierkegaard at the age of his conversion?

4. When does Kierkegaard argue that action is only comprehensible?

5. What does Robert Bretall think of Repetition?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 209 words (approx. 1 page at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample