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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who else is in love with Cordelia?
(a) Mr. Baxter's son, Edward.
(b) Mr. Baxter's nephew, Edward.
(c) Mr. Baxter's cousin, Edward.
(d) Mr. Baxter's servant, Edward.

2. Why does Cordelia live with her aunt?
(a) Both her parents are ill.
(b) Both her parents are dead.
(c) She is attending school in town.
(d) Both her parents live abroad.

3. Johannes wonders why nothing corrupts young women more than spending time with whom?
(a) Their family.
(b) Young men.
(c) Other young women.
(d) Old men.

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

5. On the twenty-seventh what has Johannes decided about Cordelia?
(a) She is an intelligent person.
(b) She is a shy person.
(c) She is a curious person.
(d) She is an isolated person.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Edward pretend to be?

2. Johannes points out that he has learned what for new women?

3. Johannes looks forward - intensely - to their rendezvous, and sees a rendezvous as what?

4. Johannes finds that Cordelia has imagination, spirit and what else?

5. Johannes hopes that Cordelia is "willing to understand __________________."

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the man do with the collection of letters from Cordelia?

2. How does the book open?

3. What does the narrator say about Kierkegaard's character in the book?

4. What does Johannes discuss in his April 14th entry?

5. What does Johannes learn about Cordelia's personality on the 2nd? How does this affect him by the 3rd?

6. What does Edward do regarding his interest in Cordelia?

7. How does Johannes prepare to grow closer to Cordelia at this point?

8. What takes place on the 23rd?

9. What does Johannes learn regarding Cordelia and her family on the 19th?

10. What takes place on the 15th and 16th?

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