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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. Who wrote the preface of Two Discourses?

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

3. What does Kierkegaard argue would negate him?

4. What does Kierkegaard argue Hegel's vision of the world of reason does to the idea of possibility?

5. What is the title of the conclusion of Concluding Unscientific Postscript?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What does Kierkegaard claim happens when we relate to our true selves?

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

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

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

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

8. What does Kierkegaard say about the individual?

9. What does Kierkegaard see truth as?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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.

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

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.

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