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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 year he realizes he still loves Regina.
(d) The height of his productivity.

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

3. How long did reason-based and systematized thinking dominate European philosophy?
(a) 325 years.
(b) 256 years.
(c) 200 years.
(d) 150 years.

4. What does The Sickness Unto Death argue is contained within man?
(a) The infinite and the finite.
(b) Faith.
(c) The self.
(d) Christ.

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

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

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

9. What does Kierkegaard say of Two Discourses in his work?
(a) A reflection of his movement from Either/Or to "rest at the foot of the altar."
(b) The last piece of the puzzle.
(c) The start of a switch in writing style.
(d) The first part of a trilogy.

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

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

12. What does Kierkegaard argue is both a trap and an illusion?
(a) Pleasure.
(b) His books.
(c) Organized religion.
(d) Faith.

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

14. 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.

15. What are Kierkegaard's political views?
(a) He is apolitical.
(b) Royalist.
(c) Communist.
(d) Imperialist.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Chapter 8 say about Hegel and his followers?

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

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

4. What does Robert Bretall in Chapter 11 say about the views of Kierkegaard on Christianity the year before he dies?

5. What does Kierkegaard think of Bishop Mynster's sermons?

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