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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. In fact, the point of The Seducer's Diary is for Kierkegaard to paint a portrait of himself to _______________ his real life love, Cordelia.
(a) Reveal himself to.
(b) Deceive.
(c) Convince.
(d) Open up to.

2. He is her _____________ for eternity.
(a) Hope.
(b) Love.
(c) Curse.
(d) Life.

3. They were alone in the room together for a few moments and they exchanged what?
(a) Phone numbers.
(b) Looks.
(c) Serious words.
(d) Some casual words.

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

5. Does the man believe that Kierkegaard intended to lead Cordelia astray?
(a) Yes.
(b) Most likely.
(c) Possibly.
(d) No.

Short Answer Questions

1. Johannes is intent on inquiring more into who Cordelia is but worries about what?

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

3. The book opens with a man who has found a collection of essays where in Kierkegaard's house?

4. When did this event occur?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What happens when Cordelia arrives at the exhibition? When does Johannes first talk to her? About what does he talk?

4. How does Johannes' diary begin?

5. How does the narrator feel about Cordelia?

6. What does the April 9th entry say?

7. What does Cordelia say in the first letter?

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

9. What does Johannes learn on the 21st and 22nd?

10. What has Johannes learned by the 30th? What interactions take place between Cordelia and Johannes by the 30th?

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