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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 must be separated from society and reason?
(a) Christ.
(b) Individuality.
(c) Men.
(d) Church.

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

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

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

5. When is Concluding Unscientific Postscript published?
(a) 1845.
(b) 1846.
(c) 1854.
(d) 1865.

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

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

8. What does Robert Bretall in Chapter 10 say Kierkegaard's work written under his own name aims at?
(a) Persuasion.
(b) Contradicting Hegel.
(c) Proposing to Regina.
(d) Criticizing the church.

9. Who does Kierkegaard argue rules in the modern age?
(a) Government.
(b) Churches.
(c) The public.
(d) Christ.

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

11. What does Hegel think truth is according to Chapter 8?
(a) That men need to know Christ.
(b) Nothing.
(c) A whole.
(d) Christ's love.

12. What does Kierkegaard resonate with concerning spirituality?
(a) Catholic monastic life.
(b) Hegel's views.
(c) Papal teachings.
(d) Denmark State Church.

13. Who does Bishop Mynster's eulogy compare him to?
(a) Hegel.
(b) Kierkegaard.
(c) Christ.
(d) The apostles.

14. Who did Kierkegaard receive communion from on his death bed?
(a) A layman.
(b) A priest.
(c) A bishop.
(d) Nobody.

15. What does Kierkegaard argue man is not?
(a) Faith.
(b) Good.
(c) What he is in principle.
(d) Bad.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Kierkegaard argue Christendom is ruled by?

2. Why does Kierkegaard argue people convert for?

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

4. What does The Sickness Unto Death argue the self is?

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

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