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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 cities does Kierkegaard write Either/Or in?

2. What is the main theme of Fear and Trembling?

3. What does Kierkegaard say truth is constituted of?

4. What does the human hide from with all his energy according to Kierkegaard?

5. Who's lecture does Kierkegaard attend?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Kierkegaard distinguish between in Chapter 2, Either/Or, A Fragment of Life?

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

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

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

5. Who had an enormous influence on German philosophy, and what do many intellectuals agree on?

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

7. What does Kierkegaard believe cannot be escaped by us?

8. What does Constantine receive and what does he want to remain?

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

10. What is inverted, according to Kierkegaard?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Practice in Christianity exposes Kierkegaard's belief regarding the religious individual, particularly in imitating Christ to become a Christian, as well as the paradox of the incarnation. Examine Kierkegaard's definition of a Christian, using the text to support your discussion.

Essay Topic 2

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.

Essay Topic 3

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.

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