1. Johannes watches Cordelia's servant and is happy about what?
(a) The servant is a strong man.
(b) She is wealthy enough to have a servant.
(c) The servant is a woman.
(d) She is not walking alone.

2. Why does the author want to do the answer to number 15?
(a) So Cordelia can get over him after their engagement is broken off.
(b) So Cordelia will never get over him.
(c) So Cordelia will take him back after their break-up.
(d) So Cordelia will never love another.

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

4. Johannes notes that he has heard her say that she will be at the exhibition on Monday at 1 p.m., so he decides to arrive when?
(a) 30 minutes later.
(b) 15 minutes earlier.
(c) 30 minutes earlier.
(d) 15 minutes later.

5. She tells him that she will not pursue him and encourages him to do what?
(a) Forget her.
(b) Let her go.
(c) Come to her.
(d) Flee.

Short Answer Questions

1. It should be noted at this point that Kierkegaard is the author writing from the perspective of a man who has come upon the letters of a man named Johannes, who Kierkegaard intends to represent who?

2. Where does Johannes tell Cordelia her family might be?

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

4. Johannes speaks to Cordelia after seeing her pass by a ________ time.

5. Was there was a real woman in Kierkegaard's life named Cordelia?

(see the answer key)

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