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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Whose death does Kierkegaard await when writing The Journals?

2. What novel does Robert Bretall in Chapter 9 say Kierkegaard reviewed after the publication of Concluding Unscientific Postscript?

3. What does Christ's contemporary accept Christ despite of?

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

5. What does Kierkegaard believe the problem with modern Christianity is?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Kierkegaard see truth as?

2. What does Kierkegaard say about the individual?

3. When was Chapter 12, The Point of View For My Work as an Author published?

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

5. What does Kierkegaard claim happens when we relate to our true selves?

6. What does Kierkegaard say Christianity offends?

7. What must individuality be separated from according to Chapter 8, Concluding Unscientific Postscript?

8. What does Kierkegaard find outrageous and upsetting?

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

10. What does the existence of man contradict, according to Kierkegaard?

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