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Sickness Unto Death

Søren Kierkegaard

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Kierkegaard tells us in the Preface that religious books should be:

(A) scholarly

(B) scientific

(D) earnest and engaging

For Christians, the "sickness unto death" is:

(A) measles

(B) despair

(D) any physical illness

Kierkegaard compares Christian writers to which of these professionals?

(A) lawyers

(B) professors

(D) carriage drivers

In order to overcome despair, individuals must form a relationship with which of the following people or things?

(A) the power that established them

(B) the postal delivery person

(D) Socrates

A man who wants to become Caesar but fails is really in despair over which of the following?

(A) himself

(B) Caesar

(D) his prom date

Eliminating despair requires:

(A) a religious community

(B) the help of a physician

(D) continuous effort at all times

Despair becomes most intense when it is:

(A) least conscious

(B) most conscious

(D) least depressing

For Christians, despair is:

(A) a good time

(B) sin

(D) the same as for everybody else

According to Kierkegaard, Socrates defined sin as which of the following:

(A) arrogance

(B) excessive drink

(D) ignorance

Which of the following is the opposite of sin?

(A) happiness

(B) virtue

(D) faith

When considered rationally, Christianity's teachings are:

(A) groovy

(B) absurd

(D) promising

Sin may best be understood as which of the following?

(A) the absence of virtue

(B) lust

(D) a condition or state of mind

The most intense sin is:

(A) declaring Christianity to be untrue

(B) despairing over one's sins

(D) believing that God will not forgive one's sins

Which of the following is the solution to sin and despair?

(A) faith

(B) suicide

(D) paganism

When was "The Sickness Unto Death" first published?

(A) 1831

(B) 1959

(D) 1754

What was Kierkegaard's native country?

(A) Denmark

(B) Finland

(D) Germany

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