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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Robert Bretall in Chapter 14 say Kierkegaard thinks of Training in Christianity?
(a) It is his favorite work.
(b) It is too long.
(c) It is weak.
(d) It does not go far enough.

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

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

4. What does Kierkegaard argue the present is ruled by?
(a) Corporation.
(b) Inequality.
(c) Presidents.
(d) Equality.

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

6. How does Kierkegaard see the move towards equality as being?
(a) A mistake.
(b) An illusion.
(c) As progress.
(d) As regression.

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

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

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

10. What does Kierkegaard think of Bishop Mynster's sermons?
(a) They are outrageous.
(b) They are good.
(c) They are too long.
(d) They are disconnected from reality.

11. What does Kierkegaard think The Sickness Unto Death contains too much of?
(a) Discussion to effectively use rhetoric.
(b) Long sentence.
(c) Humor.
(d) References to Christ.

12. What novel does Robert Bretall in Chapter 9 say Kierkegaard reviewed after the publication of Concluding Unscientific Postscript?
(a) Ages and faith.
(b) How to get faith.
(c) The two towers.
(d) The two ages.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When does Bishop Mynster die?

2. What does Kierkegaard think of The Sickness Unto Death?

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

4. According to Robert Bretall in Chapter 11, what does Kierkegaard see the truth as?

5. What does Kierkegaard argue man is not?

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