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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. As the days pass, Cordelia becomes tired of listening to whom?

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

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

4. How does Johannes try and use this person's arrival to his advantage?

5. He observes what in her eyes?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Johannes do upon arriving at the exhibition?

3. What does Cordelia say in the second letter?

4. What is Johannes willing to do to attract women? What will he do regarding Cordelia?

5. What does the narrator think about Kierkegaard?

6. What does the narrator say about Kierkegaard's character in the book?

7. How does Johannes prepare to grow closer to Cordelia at this point?

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

9. What does the man do with the collection of letters from Cordelia?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Johannes begins an emotional war with Cordelia.

Part 1) Describe this war. Why does he start this war? How does this war affect both of them?

Part 2) How successful is this war in Johannes' ultimate goal of seduction? Explain.

Part 3) Do those in relationships today wage emotional wars? Explain.

Essay Topic 2

Johannes is troubled because he cannot remember what Cordelia looks like after just having seen her.

Part 1) Why might he have trouble remembering her face? How is this a clue to his desire to stalk? What does this say about his mental state?

Part 2) By what else is Johannes troubled throughout this book? Why is he troubled be this? How do they ultimately affect Cordelia?

Part 3) When is Cordelia troubled in this book? How are her feelings of unease connected to Johannes and his emotions?

Essay Topic 3

Johannes says Cordelia has lost her "fragrance.'

Part 1) What does he mean by this? How does he come to this belief? Was this part of his original seduction plan? Why or why not?

Part 2) What does this reveal about him? How does it affect Cordelia? How does this affect the reader?

Part 3) How can the reader relate to both Cordelia and Johannes at the end of the book?

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