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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. The man points out that the work is a diary fully of what?

2. On the twenty-seventh what has Johannes decided about Cordelia?

3. Does Johannes believe Cordelia has been in love?

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

5. When Johannes went after Cordelia, what happened?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Cordelia say in the second letter?

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

3. What does Edward do regarding his interest in Cordelia?

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

5. How does Cordelia react to what Johannes has said to her? How does the description of the exhibition end?

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

7. What does Cordelia say in the first letter?

8. What happens when Cordelia meets Mr. Baxter?

9. What happens between Edward and Johannes?

10. How does the narrator feel about Cordelia?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

The introduction ends with three stories from Cordelia.

Part 1) Why does she write these letters? What can you learn about her from these letters? What can you learn about her relationship with Johannes?

Part 2) Why are these letters given at the beginning of the book? How do these letters prepare the reader for the book?

Part 3) What must it be like feeling as Cordelia does? How does her pain affect how you view Johannes?

Essay Topic 3

Johannes and Cordelia break up.

Part 1) Describe their break up. Why do they break up?

Part 2) How are they both affected by this break up? How does the break up affect the reader? Why?

Part 3) How is this a part of Johannes' seduction plan? Does his plan go as scheduled? Why or why not? How are both Johannes and Cordelia changed by this seduction plan?

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