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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. Who is the criticism of Kierkegaard targeted at?

2. What does Kierkegaard argue Christendom is ruled by?

3. What do Two Discourses and Works of Love have in common according to Robert Bretall in Chapter 15?

4. What type of text does Kierkegaard routinely publish under his own name according to Robert Bretall in Chapter 10?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Kierkegaard say about the individual?

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

3. What does Kierkegaard say Christianity offends?

4. What did Kierkegaard criticize about the sacraments?

5. What does Kierkegaard find outrageous and upsetting?

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

7. Why didn't Kierkegaard write anything between 1851 to 1854 according to Chapter 16, The Journals?

8. What does Kierkegaard aim to do in Chapter 15, Two Discourses at the Communion on Fridays?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Examine Kierkegaard's relationship with Regina and discuss what prevented him from continuing his relationship. Discuss why he believed he manipulated her into falling in love with him. Use the text to support your discussion.

Essay Topic 2

Writing under the pseudonym, Climacus, Kierkegaard describes faith in the language of the absurd in the sense of the improbable. Discuss Kierkegaard's use of the term with that of Albert Camus's understanding. Use the text to support your discussion and examine the paradox created.

Essay Topic 3

Kierkegaard examines how Christ is the only true teacher because only he lacks error. Examine the illustration that Kierkegaard uses to demonstrate this belief and analyze its purpose. Use the text to support your discussion.

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