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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 think The Sickness Unto Death contains too much of?

2. Who does Kierkegaard argue is attracted by Christ and his doctrines?

3. What does Robert Bretall in Chapter 11 say Kierkegaard rejects and critiques?

4. What does Kierkegaard think Bishop Mynster did not witness?

5. In Chapter 13, what does Robert Bretall argue 1848 is for Kierkegaard's writing?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. What does Kierkegaard say Christianity offends?

7. What hazard does Kierkegaard expose in Chapter 9, The Present Age?

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

9. What does Kierkegaard believe about Hegel's world of reason in Chapter 8, Concluding Unscientific Postscript?

10. What, according to Kierkegaard, can generate true knowledge of the validity of Christianity?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Kierkegaard refutes the philosophy of Hegel and though he may admire Hegel's intellect, Kierkegaard thought he contradicted himself. Discuss the differences and similarities between Hegel and Kierkegaard. Use the text to support your comparison.

Essay Topic 2

Practice in Christianity exposes Kierkegaard's belief regarding the religious individual, particularly in imitating Christ to become a Christian, as well as the paradox of the incarnation. Examine Kierkegaard's definition of a Christian, using the text to support your discussion.

Essay Topic 3

Examine how repetition occurred in Kierkegaard's own life, as well as the plot and how repetition has a plot. Use the text to support your discussion.

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