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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. Who is the criticism of Kierkegaard targeted at?

2. What does Robert Bretall in Chapter 11 say about the views of Kierkegaard on Christianity the year before he dies?

3. Who did Bishop Mynster influence?

4. Who wrote the preface of Two Discourses?

5. What does The Sickness Unto Death define?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who died in 1854 in Chapter 17, The Attack Upon Christendom, and how was this person remembered?

2. What does it mean to be a Christian according to Kierkegaard?

3. What does Kierkegaard express his hatred of in Chapter 15, The Journals?

4. What does Kierkegaard declare of truth?

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

6. What does Kierkegaard seek about the church at the end of The Attack Upon Christendom?

7. If you are a Christian, what are you not doing according to Kierkegaard in Chapter 14, Training in Christianity?

8. How does Kierkegaard define spirit and self in Chapter 13, The Sickness Unto Death?

9. What does Kierkegaard find outrageous and upsetting?

10. What does Kierkegaard believe about modern Christianity?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss Kierkegaard's view of Socrates and examine similarities between Socrates and Kierkegaard. Use the text to support your discussion.

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the definition of truth in relation to faith, truth being "an objective uncertainty held fast" and that "without risk, there is no faith." Use the text to discuss the interplay of truth and faith in the Kierkegaard Anthology.

Essay Topic 3

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.

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