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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Kierkegaard argue a Christian needs to be?
(a) An Apostle.
(b) A leader.
(c) A prophet.
(d) A follower.

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

3. How does Kierkegaard describe what Christians call sin?
(a) Aesthetic.
(b) Despair.
(c) Fun.
(d) Love.

4. Who was Bishop Mynster?
(a) A rival writer.
(b) A friend fo the family.
(c) Kierkegaard's editor.
(d) Denmark's head bishop.

5. What religion does Robert Bretall in Chapter 11 say Kierkegaard follows?
(a) Buddhism.
(b) Agnosticism.
(c) Catholicism.
(d) Protestantism.

6. What does Kierkegaard argue antiquity was ruled by?
(a) Leadership.
(b) Men.
(c) King.
(d) The Pope.

7. Who did Bishop Mynster influence?
(a) Kierkegaard himself.
(b) Regina.
(c) Kierkegaard's father.
(d) Hegel.

8. What does The Sickness Unto Death argue the self is?
(a) The whole of man.
(b) The part of man that thinks.
(c) The part of man that does not love Christ.
(d) A relation that relates to itself.

9. What does Robert Bretall in Chapter 17 argue Kierkegaard's The Attack Upon Christendom attacks?
(a) The whole of Christianity.
(b) Kierkegaard's past view on Christianity.
(c) Bishop Mynster.
(d) Danish State Church.

10. What does Kierkegaard argue cannot be improved or hurt by social organization?
(a) Government.
(b) An individual's value.
(c) Churches.
(d) The law.

11. When does Bishop Mynster die?
(a) 1852.
(b) 1851.
(c) 1853.
(d) 1854.

12. According to Robert Bretall in Chapter 11, what does Kierkegaard see the truth as?
(a) The word of Christ.
(b) An illusion.
(c) What moves toward unity or the complete.
(d) A noble goal.

13. What does Christ's contemporary accept Christ despite of?
(a) Overbearing dogma.
(b) Church donations.
(c) It's radical costs.
(d) Peer pressure.

14. Who does Kierkegaard argue a Christian must follow despite his being rejected by the world?
(a) The church.
(b) His writings.
(c) Jesus.
(d) God.

15. What does Kierkegaard think Bishop Mynster did not witness?
(a) The truth.
(b) The love of christ.
(c) The light.
(d) A miracle.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Kierkegaard argue is both a trap and an illusion?

2. What does Kierkegaard say of the defense of the Christian ideal?

3. How does Kierkegaard define truth in Concluding Unscientific Postscript?

4. What does Kierkegaard argue is required to be Christ's contemporary?

5. What is the central concept of Training in Christianity?

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