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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 Works of Love focus on?

2. What does Robert Bretall in Chapter 13 argue The Sickness Unto Death tries to understand?

3. When does Bishop Mynster die?

4. What is Kierkegaard running out of while writing The Journals?

5. Who did Bishop Mynster influence?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Kierkegaard criticize about the sacraments?

2. What does Kierkegaard say about the individual?

3. In Chapter 15, Two Discourses at the Communion of Fridays, what does Kierkegaard realize about himself?

4. What must individuality be separated from according to Chapter 8, Concluding Unscientific Postscript?

5. What does Kierkegaard outline about the human heart in Chapter 10, Edifying Discourses?

6. What does Kierkegaard see truth as?

7. Why didn't Kierkegaard write anything between 1851 to 1854 according to Chapter 16, The Journals?

8. What does Kierkegaard claim happens when we relate to our true selves?

9. What does Kierkegaard critique in Chapter 11, Works of Love?

10. What does the existence of man contradict, according to Kierkegaard?

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 focuses on works of love and how these are necessary for the Christian. Examine the Epistle of James and how this Scripture supports Kierkegaard's belief in the works of love and a Christian practical ethic.

Essay Topic 3

Examine Kierkegaard's relationship with Regina and discuss what prevented him from continuing his relationship. Discuss why he believed he manipulated her into falling in love with him. Use the text to support your discussion.

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