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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What does Kierkegaard argue must be separated from society and reason?
(a) Church.
(b) Individuality.
(c) Men.
(d) Christ.

4. What does Chapter 8 say about Hegel and his followers?
(a) They refuse to debate.
(b) They do not compromise.
(c) They are good men.
(d) They are savages in every way.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is The Journals the forbearer of?

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

3. What does Kierkegaard argue people think about Christ teachings?

4. What does Kierkegaard's work focus on?

5. What does Kierkegaard realize in "Rest at the foot of the altar"?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who died in 1854 in Chapter 17, The Attack Upon Christendom, and how was this person remembered?

2. What does Kierkegaard believe about modern Christianity?

3. How does Kierkegaard define spirit and self in Chapter 13, The Sickness Unto Death?

4. What does Kierkegaard declare of truth?

5. In Chapter 15, Two Discourses at the Communion of Fridays, what does Kierkegaard realize about himself?

6. What does Kierkegaard express his hatred of in Chapter 15, The Journals?

7. What hazard does Kierkegaard expose in Chapter 9, The Present Age?

8. What does Kierkegaard find outrageous and upsetting?

9. What does Kierkegaard outline about the human heart in Chapter 10, Edifying Discourses?

10. What does Kierkegaard say Christianity offends?

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