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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the meditation in Fear and Trembling illustrate?

2. What is Kierkegaard stunned by in The Journals?

3. Where does the idea of Repetition derive from?

4. Where in Either/Or are the edifying discourses published?

5. What does Kierkegaard say he cannot do with Regina?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Kierkegaard have a radical hatred for?

2. What does the Knight of Faith do in Chapter 4, Fear and Trembling?

3. What does the truth or art require in Chapter 4, Fear and Trembling?

4. What does Kierkegaard say about truth not being within ourselves in Chapter 6, Philosophical Fragments?

5. What passage from the Bible does Kierkegaard focus on in Chapter 4, Fear and Trembling?

6. What is life according to Kierkegaard?

7. What three stages does Kierkegaard introduce in Chapter 7, Stages on Life's Way?

8. What do those at the banquet held in Chapter 7, Stages on Life's Way find?

9. What words of Christ was Kierkegaard aware of in Chapter 1,The Journals?

10. Who is Regina Olsen?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Kierkegaard focuses heavily on Abraham and Isaac while discussing the aesthetic life. Examine Kierkegaard's definition of the aesthetic life and compare the three stages of life outlined by Kierkegaard. Use the text to support your discussion.

Essay Topic 2

Kierkegaard discusses the hazards in newspapers and in media. Discuss why the press is considered the heart of the public, yet appeals to the worst in humanity. Use the text to support your discussion.

Essay Topic 3

Kierkegaard is considered the father of existentialism and maintained that the individual is responsible for giving life meaning. Discuss the tenets of existentialism and how it asserts the importance of human individuality.

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