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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Johahnes is deeply ___________.
(a) Worried.
(b) Happy.
(c) Embarassed.
(d) Saddened.

2. Johannes finds the ethical nature of what boring?
(a) Courtship.
(b) Engagement.
(c) Marriage.
(d) Love.

3. What has Johannes placed in Cordelia's knitting?
(a) A note expressing his love for her.
(b) A poem.
(c) New yarn.
(d) A flower.

4. They start to exchange what?
(a) Letters.
(b) E-mails.
(c) Poems.
(d) Glances.

5. With what does Johannes want to surprise Cordelia?
(a) His intelligence.
(b) His anxiety.
(c) His wealth.
(d) His love.

6. What is the aunt's response to Johannes' proposal?
(a) She becomes angry.
(b) She gives her consent.
(c) She does not give her consent.
(d) She laughs at him.

7. The season will harmonize with what of Cordelia's?
(a) Her soul.
(b) Her desire to love.
(c) Her personality.
(d) Her heart.

8. Johannes is worried that in his absence, Cordelia will do what?
(a) Harm herself.
(b) Become depressed.
(c) Love him more.
(d) Think too much about the future and perhaps imagine it without him.

9. Johannes says that Cordelia is devoted to him, but is she his in full yet?
(a) No, not yet.
(b) Yes, completely.
(c) No, and she never will be.
(d) Yes, mostly.

10. Why does Johannes wish to stay distant from Cordelia?
(a) So that she can engage in the necessary hatred of men.
(b) So that she has time to become engaged to another.
(c) So that he can seduce another woman.
(d) So that she has time to get over him.

11. In Johannes' last entry, he never wants to see Cordelia again and believes she has done what?
(a) Forgotten him.
(b) Given all her love away.
(c) Gone mad.
(d) Stopped loving him.

12. When does Johannes and Cordelia's engagement end?
(a) In the spring.
(b) In the winter.
(c) In the summer.
(d) In the autumn.

13. Does Cordelia respond to Johannes' letters?
(a) Yes, most of the time.
(b) Not most of the time.
(c) Not ever.
(d) Yes, all the time.

14. In legitimate possession of Cordelia, Johannes aims to do what?
(a) Destroy Edward.
(b) Make the relationship last.
(c) Destroy Cordelia.
(d) Waste the relationship.

15. In Johannes' first letter, he continues to maintain that she is his and that their freedom consists in what?
(a) Staying apart.
(b) Their letters.
(c) Belonging to one another.
(d) Their love.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Johannes believe Cordelia both hates and fears him?

2. In these times, how does Johannes primarily spend his time?

3. Edward is drunk with ________ and Johannes is beginning to hate him for it.

4. Why, as a woman, does Cordelia hate him?

5. Johannes thinks of woman essentially as existing for whom?

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