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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through April.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Johannes wonder if this has happened to him?
(a) He cannot recall Cordelia's name.
(b) He cannot hear Cordelia's voice.
(c) He cannot speak Cordelia's name.
(d) He cannot recall Cordelia's image.

2. The narrator notes that Kierkegaard was more at home where?
(a) In his home.
(b) With Cordelia.
(c) In a world beyond this one.
(d) Alone.

3. Other girls delight in Johannes. Is he interested in them?
(a) Sometimes.
(b) Yes.
(c) Infrequently.
(d) No.

4. For whom will it be more terrible in the end?
(a) Neither Kierkegaard nor Cordelia.
(b) Kierkegaard and Cordelia.
(c) Kierkegaard.
(d) Cordelia.

5. In the first letter, Cordelia notes that Johannes has never really been what?
(a) Hers.
(b) Himself.
(c) Honest.
(d) In love.

Short Answer Questions

1. Johannes desperately wants to learn more about Cordelia but must control himself for what reason?

2. In the second letter, Cordelia tells a story of whom?

3. How does Johannes try and use this person's arrival to his advantage?

4. In fact, the point of The Seducer's Diary is for Kierkegaard to paint a portrait of himself to _______________ his real life love, Cordelia.

5. Was life stimulating enough for Kierkegaard?

(see the answer key)

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