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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 distinguish between in Either/Or?

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

3. Who is Regina Olsen?

4. What does Kierkegaard argue major choices in life are choices of?

5. What is Kierkegaard aware of in The Journals?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Kierkegaard say about humanity?

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

3. What did Kierkegaard have a radical hatred for?

4. What is life according to Kierkegaard?

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

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

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

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

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

10. How does the young hero depicted in Chapter 5, Repetition, resonate with Kierkegaard?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Kierkegaard frequently wrote under pseudonyms. Discuss why Kierkegaard used pseudonyms to present different points of views and philosophical exposition. Use the text to support your discussion.

Essay Topic 2

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 3

Kierkegaard takes a break from writing for a few years, while waiting for Bishop Mysnter to pass before publishing again. Examine the relationship between Mynster and Kierkegaard, using the text and secondary sources to support your discussion.

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