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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What does Kierkegaard focus on in Two Discourses?
(a) The word of Christ.
(b) Personal interpretation of the Bible.
(c) Churches and dogma.
(d) The divine initiative.

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

5. Who does The Sickness Unto Death argue the person is?
(a) A spirit.
(b) Insignificant.
(c) A ghost.
(d) The son of Christ.

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

7. How do the common people see Kierkegaard according to Chapter 9?
(a) As friendly, but insane.
(b) As an Apostle.
(c) As a dangerous man.
(d) As a prophet.

8. What does Kierkegaard claim concerning man and the self in The Sickness Unto Death?
(a) The self is Christ.
(b) Man and the self are insignificant.
(c) Man is not yet a self.
(d) Man and Christ are the self.

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

10. What does Kierkegaard use the book review for?
(a) To promote his next book.
(b) Talk about Hegel's ideas.
(c) Discuss his own ideas.
(d) Apologize to Regina.

11. What does Kierkegaard say the Danish State Church is?
(a) Not strong enough.
(b) Incompetent.
(c) Good.
(d) Too worldly and afraid.

12. Who wrote the preface of Two Discourses?
(a) Kierkegaard himself.
(b) Regina Olsen.
(c) Bishop Hollaf.
(d) Hegel.

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

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

15. 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 convert to Catholicism.
(c) He will think that Christianity is stronger than ever.
(d) He will be disillusioned.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Kierkegaard say being a Christian requires?

2. What does Robert Bretall in Chapter 10 say the pseudonymous work aims at?

3. What does The Sickness Unto Death define?

4. How does Kierkegaard see the move towards equality as being?

5. What does Kierkegaard argue the present is ruled by?

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