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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Of what can Johannes not bear about himself?
(a) The inaccuracy of his voice.
(b) The inaccuracy of his ears.
(c) The inaccuracy of his eyes.
(d) The inaccuracy of his health.

2. The book opens with a man who has found a collection of essays where in Kierkegaard's house?
(a) On a bookshelf.
(b) In his closet.
(c) In a notebook.
(d) In a locked drawer.

3. What has still not happened by the twenty-first?
(a) Cordelia has not stopped loving Johannes.
(b) Johannes has not decided to seduce Cordelia.
(c) Johannes has still made no headway with Cordelia.
(d) Johannes has still not fallen for Cordelia.

4. He writes in the first person and expresses deep _______________ at finding the work that is about to begin and the sultry details within it.
(a) Sadness.
(b) Anxiety.
(c) Embarassment.
(d) Anger.

5. Johannes admires her beauty again, particularly what?
(a) Her beautiful clothes.
(b) Her beautiful teeth.
(c) Her beautiful hair.
(d) Her beautiful skin.

Short Answer Questions

1. Johannes likes being alone in the _______________ on Østergade.

2. Why does the author want to do the answer to number 15?

3. The narrator notes that Kierkegaard was more at home where?

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

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

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