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

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 he realizes he still loves Regina.
(d) The year of his first commercial success.

3. What does Christ's contemporary accept Christ despite of?
(a) Church donations.
(b) It's radical costs.
(c) Peer pressure.
(d) Overbearing dogma.

4. What does Robert Bretall in Chapter 10 say the pseudonymous work aims at?
(a) Convinces people to convert.
(b) Captures Kierkegaard the man.
(c) Tells people the truth without fear of retaliation.
(d) Talks about the failures of Christianity.

5. What is Kierkegaard running out of while writing The Journals?
(a) Support in the church.
(b) Inspiration.
(c) Time.
(d) Funds.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Kierkegaard argue cannot be improved or hurt by social organization?

2. Who is the criticism of Kierkegaard targeted at?

3. What are Kierkegaard's political views?

4. What does Kierkegaard's work focus on?

5. Who did Bishop Mynster influence?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Kierkegaard seek about the church at the end of The Attack Upon Christendom?

2. How does Kierkegaard divide history in Chapter 9, The Present Age?

3. What does Kierkegaard say Christianity offends?

4. What does it mean to be a Christian according to Kierkegaard?

5. What does Kierkegaard critique in Chapter 11, Works of Love?

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

7. Why is Kierkegaard biased about the press?

8. If you are a Christian, what are you not doing according to Kierkegaard in Chapter 14, Training in Christianity?

9. What does Kierkegaard find outrageous and upsetting?

10. What does Kierkegaard say about the individual?

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