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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. Johannes admired Cordelia but then feared what?

2. Johannes considers feigning a chance encounter with Cordelia where he will offer her what?

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

4. When did this event occur?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Johannes treat Cordelia, as time goes on? Why does he treat her this way?

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

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

4. How does the narrator feel about Cordelia?

5. How does May begin? What happens on the 5th and 6th?

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

7. Describe Johannes' April 5th entry.

8. What does Cordelia say in the first letter?

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

10. What does Johannes think of a woman being isolated?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Johannes and Cordelia begin to exchange letters.

Part 1) Why do they begin to exchange letters? How do these letters fit into Johannes' seduction plans?

Part 2) How do these letters affect both Cordelia and Johannes? Why? How is agitation important in these letters? Why?

Part 3) How do these romantic exchanges compare to the communication between lovers today?

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

Johannes believes there are two stages in which a married woman is of interest.

Part 1) What are these two stages? Why does Johannes believe this? How does it affect his thoughts about Cordelia?

Part 2) What might this belief reveal about Johannes? Does it tie into his desire to seduce? If so, how? If not, why not?

Part 3) How do you feel about Johannes' belief about married women? Might this have been an common belief at the time in which this book was written? Why or why not?

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