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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 Robert Bretall in Chapter 14 say Kierkegaard thinks of Training in Christianity?

2. What does Kierkegaard argue must be separated from society and reason?

3. Who did Kierkegaard receive communion from on his death bed?

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

5. What does Kierkegaard think of The Sickness Unto Death?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What does the existence of man contradict, according to Kierkegaard?

4. What does Kierkegaard find outrageous and upsetting?

5. What does man contain, according to Kierkegaard?

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

7. What does Kierkegaard say Christianity offends?

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

9. When was Chapter 12, The Point of View For My Work as an Author published?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Kierkegaard discusses Christendom and tries to define Christendom. Examine the objectives of God and how they are realized, using the text to support your discussion.

Essay Topic 2

Examine how Kierkegaard defines the spirit and the self and how man contains both the infinite and the finite. Use the text to support your discussion.

Essay Topic 3

Kierkegaard is considered the father of existentialism and maintained that the individual is responsible for giving life meaning. Discuss the tenets of existentialism and how it asserts the importance of human individuality.

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