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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Kierkegaard say being a Christian requires?
(a) Follow Christ whatever the cost.
(b) Follow the Bible and not the state church's interpretation of it.
(c) Finding a place between offense and rejecting the possibility of offense.
(d) Follow the Church and its dogma the best you can.

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

3. What does Kierkegaard believe the problem with modern Christianity is?
(a) It is not in touch with reality.
(b) It removes the possibility of offense despite how offensive it is.
(c) It is unforgiving.
(d) It relies on dogma too much.

4. What does Kierkegaard's work focus on?
(a) How to love Christ.
(b) What it means to be a Christian in a Christian society.
(c) How to be a better person.
(d) How to sever our link to the organized church.

5. What does Kierkegaard argue is the heart of the public?
(a) The press.
(b) Gambling.
(c) Faith.
(d) The law.

6. What is Kierkegaard running out of while writing The Journals?
(a) Time.
(b) Support in the church.
(c) Funds.
(d) Inspiration.

7. What does Robert Bretall in Chapter 13 argue The Sickness Unto Death tries to understand?
(a) The love of Christ.
(b) Faith.
(c) The role of the church in the state.
(d) The corruption within each man.

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

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

10. What does Robert Bretall in Chapter 10 say the pseudonymous work aims at?
(a) Convinces people to convert.
(b) Talks about the failures of Christianity.
(c) Tells people the truth without fear of retaliation.
(d) Captures Kierkegaard the man.

11. What do Two Discourses and Works of Love have in common according to Robert Bretall in Chapter 15?
(a) They were both part of the same collection of work.
(b) They were both published in 1854.
(c) They complement each other.
(d) They were both self published.

12. What other work does Kierkegaard produce during the period in which he writes The Journals?
(a) 5 pamphlets.
(b) 2 novels.
(c) Nothing.
(d) 3 books.

13. What does Kierkegaard argue is required to be Christ's contemporary?
(a) Believe in the resurrection of Christ.
(b) The change to offend others.
(c) Live in the first century.
(d) Be a good Christian.

14. What does Kierkegaard argue people think about Christ teachings?
(a) They love them.
(b) They are suspicious of them.
(c) They do not respect them.
(d) They are offended by them.

15. What is the title of the conclusion of Concluding Unscientific Postscript?
(a) How to become a Christian.
(b) The Journals.
(c) Seducer's Diary.
(d) How to become a Protestant.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does The Sickness Unto Death define?

2. Who did Kierkegaard receive communion from on his death bed?

3. What does Kierkegaard argue men are in the modern age?

4. What does Robert Bretall in Chapter 14 say Kierkegaard thinks of Training in Christianity?

5. What does Kierkegaard say of the practice of taking sacraments?

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