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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 hero of Repetition have trouble finding?

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

3. What book sets the stage for Kierkegaard's mature work?

4. What is the name of the first volume of Either/Or?

5. What prevents the hero in Repetition from finding what he wants?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. How does the prophecy in Chapter 5, Repetition come to pass?

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

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

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

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

9. What is inverted, according to Kierkegaard?

10. What did Kierkegaard have a radical hatred for?

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

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

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.

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