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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. How does Kierkegaard define truth in Concluding Unscientific Postscript?

2. What does Christ's contemporary accept Christ despite of?

3. What does Kierkegaard's work focus on?

4. What does Robert Bretall in Chapter 10 say the pseudonymous work aims at?

5. What does Kierkegaard argue would negate him?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Kierkegaard find outrageous and upsetting?

2. What does man contain, according to Kierkegaard?

3. Why is Kierkegaard biased about the press?

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. How does Kierkegaard divide history in Chapter 9, The Present Age?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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.

Essay Topic 2

Reflect how Kierkegaard rejects and critiques central Protestant teaching and why his beliefs resonate more with the Catholic church and monastic life. Use the text to provide examples in your discussion.

Essay Topic 3

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.

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