View a FREE sample

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 people think about Christ teachings?

2. What period do The Journals cover?

3. Who does The Sickness Unto Death argue the person is?

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

5. What do many Catholics argue Kierkegaard would have done had he lived?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Kierkegaard outline about the human heart in Chapter 10, Edifying Discourses?

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

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

4. What does Kierkegaard find outrageous and upsetting?

5. What does Kierkegaard declare of truth?

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

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

8. Who died in 1854 in Chapter 17, The Attack Upon Christendom, and how was this person remembered?

9. What does man contain, according to Kierkegaard?

10. What does Kierkegaard say Christianity offends?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 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

Examine Kierkegaard's relationship with Regina and discuss what prevented him from continuing his relationship. Discuss why he believed he manipulated her into falling in love with him. Use the text to support your discussion.

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 531 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample