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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 Hegel think truth is according to Chapter 8?

2. What does Kierkegaard say of the practice of taking sacraments?

3. What does Kierkegaard argue is required to be Christ's contemporary?

4. When does Bishop Mynster die?

5. What does Kierkegaard say of the defense of the Christian ideal?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Kierkegaard see truth as?

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

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

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

5. What did Kierkegaard criticize about the sacraments?

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

7. What does Kierkegaard aim to do in Chapter 15, Two Discourses at the Communion on Fridays?

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

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

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.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss Kierkegaard's definition of sin and how it is related to despair. Examine why sin is a problem, what the opposite of sin is, and how people may overcome sinfulness. Use the text to support your discussion.

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