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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Was life stimulating enough for Kierkegaard?
(a) Most of the time.
(b) Yes.
(c) No.
(d) Some of the time.

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

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

4. Who shows up to accompany Cordelia?
(a) Her cousin.
(b) Her aunt.
(c) A servant.
(d) A man.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What can Johannes remember that made no impression on him?

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

3. 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?

4. For whom will it be more terrible in the end?

5. What does the author plan to do regarding the answer to number 14?

(see the answer key)

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