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

2. Who's letter does Either/Or contain a series of?

3. What does Kierkegaard think what his family receives is?

4. What does Kierkegaard say he cannot do with Regina?

5. What does Robert Bretall say Kierkegaard is in the Two Edifying Discourses?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What theme do the letters prefigure?

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

4. What must the individual Christian see in Chapter 3, Two Edifying Discourses?

5. What do we always place consciousness in, according to Kierkegaard?

6. What must we go beyond according to Kierkegaard?

7. Who is Regina Olsen?

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

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

10. What did Kierkegaard have a radical hatred for?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Kierkegaard discusses Christendom and tries to define Christendom. Examine the objectives of God and how they are realized, 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

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.

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