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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 Kierkegaard give up on according to Robert Bretall Chapter 5?

2. What happens to Kierkegaard and Regina's relationship?

3. Where does The Journals say Kierkegaard was on July 29, 1835?

4. What is Kierkegaard aware of in The Journals?

5. What city does Kierkegaard live in according to Robert Bretall in Chapter 5?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Kierkegaard feel about the gifts God gives his family?

2. What does Kierkegaard publish at the beginning of Chapter 2, Either/Or, A Fragment of Life and why does it represent him well?

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

4. What is the terrible revolution which Kierkegaard speaks of in Chapter 1, The Journals?

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

6. What must we go beyond according to Kierkegaard?

7. How is truth discovered according to Two Edifying Discourses?

8. What banquet is referred to in Chapter 7, Stages on Life's Way?

9. What is life according to Kierkegaard?

10. What theme do the letters prefigure?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss Kierkegaard's definition of sin and how it is related to despair. Examine why sin is a problem, what the opposite of sin is, and how people may overcome sinfulness. Use the text to support your discussion.

Essay Topic 2

Discuss Kierkegaard's beliefs in the Kierkegaard Anthology and discuss how he influenced theology or psychology. Use the text and secondary sources to support your discussion.

Essay Topic 3

Examine how Kierkegaard defines the spirit and the self and how man contains both the infinite and the finite. Use the text to support your discussion.

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