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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Johannes cannot make up his mind about how to ___________________ her.
(a) Stalk.
(b) Speak to.
(c) Approach.
(d) Understand.

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

3. Johannes believes that when women devote themselves wholly, what happens to their beauty?
(a) It begins.
(b) It grows.
(c) It diminishes.
(d) It is finished.

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

5. How does Johannes try and use this person's arrival to his advantage?
(a) By looking him up in the police census records.
(b) By hiring him as his servant.
(c) By becoming his friend.
(d) By talking to her in front of Cordelia.

Short Answer Questions

1. The entry continues with Johannes noting that Cordelia's aunt did what the previous evening?

2. Johannes wonders whether Cordelia's ______________________ will reflect itself reliably in her behavior.

3. Johannes sees Cordelia but doesn't talk to her, instead speaking with whom in front of her?

4. Where did this encounter take place?

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

(see the answer key)

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