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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 we always place our consciousness in?

2. Who's ideas does Kierkegaard oppose in Either/Or?

3. What does Kierkegaard do before leaving for Berlin at the star of Either/Or?

4. What does Kierkegaard fight against according to Robert Bretall in Chapter 5?

5. What do The Journals say Kierkegaard feels?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is life according to Kierkegaard?

3. What excruciating combination does the young hero in Chapter 5, Repetition endure?

4. What does Kierkegaard publish at the beginning of Chapter 2, Either/Or, A Fragment of Life and why does it represent him well?

5. What did Kierkegaard distinguish between in Chapter 2, Either/Or, A Fragment of Life?

6. What does Kierkegaard turn away from in Chapter 1, The Journals?

7. What theme do the letters prefigure?

8. What does Kierkegaard say about humanity?

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

10. What does the truth or art require in Chapter 4, Fear and Trembling?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Kierkegaard focuses heavily on Abraham and Isaac while discussing the aesthetic life. Examine Kierkegaard's definition of the aesthetic life and compare the three stages of life outlined by Kierkegaard. Use the text 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

Kierkegaard examines how Christ is the only true teacher because only he lacks error. Examine the illustration that Kierkegaard uses to demonstrate this belief and analyze its purpose. Use the text to support your discussion.

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