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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 argue major choices in life are not choices of?

2. Where does the idea of Repetition derive from?

3. What does Kierkegaard say forms Repetition?

4. What does Robert Bretall say is difficult to discern in Kierkegaard's writing?

5. With what book does Kierkegaard's work reach maturity according to Robert Bretall in Chapter 6?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the prophecy in Chapter 5, Repetition come to pass?

2. What does Kierkegaard feel about the gifts God gives his family?

3. What do those at the banquet held in Chapter 7, Stages on Life's Way find?

4. What does Constantine receive and what does he want to remain?

5. Who is Regina Olsen?

6. What three stages does Kierkegaard introduce in Chapter 7, Stages on Life's Way?

7. What theme do the letters prefigure?

8. What does Kierkegaard believe cannot be escaped by us?

9. What is the terrible revolution which Kierkegaard speaks of in Chapter 1, The Journals?

10. What do we always place consciousness in, according to Kierkegaard?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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.

Essay Topic 2

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 3

Writing under the pseudonym, Climacus, Kierkegaard describes faith in the language of the absurd in the sense of the improbable. Discuss Kierkegaard's use of the term with that of Albert Camus's understanding. Use the text to support your discussion and examine the paradox created.

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