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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 wonders if he is a bad person but justifies his actions on what grounds?

2. Johannes describes his relationship with Cordelia as taking a dramatic course. Why?

3. Johannes' plan is to organize the engagement so as to (a) break it off but (b) _____________________.

4. They start to exchange what?

5. Johannes believes that thinking about the future inevitably reduces what?

Short Essay Questions

1. Give details of some of Johannes' letters to Cordelia.

2. What methods does Johannes consider for surprising Cordelia with his love? What method does he decide to use? What does he say about this method?

3. What happens when Cordelia's aunt and Edward are away?

4. What has happened by September 16th?

5. What does Johannes use to his advantage, regarding Cordelia? Why?

6. Describe Johannes' final entry on September 25th.

7. What is the 'first war?'

8. What does Johannes do on the 31st?

9. What does Johannes say about breaking the engagement?

10. What does Johannes ask Cordelia to do in the letter her writes?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Both Edward and Johannes plan to make Cordelia hate them.

Part 1) Describe each of their plans to make her hate them. How do their plans compare to each other?

Part 2) Why do they want her to hate them? Are they in each other's plans? Explain.

Part 3) Does this happen in relationships today? Do people purposely make others angry, jealous, and hateful? If so, why? If not, why not?

Essay Topic 2

Kierkegaard is the author writing from the perspective of a man who has come upon the letters of a man named Johannes, who Kierkegaard intends to represent himself.

Part 1) Why does Kierkegaard want to write as if he is Johannes? What can be learned regarding this book from reading the introductory?

Part 2) What can be learned about the author from this story? How is he like Johannes? How might the real Cordelia feel about this story? Is she much like the Cordelia in the story? If so, how? If not, why not?

Part 3) What is your opinion of Johannes? Do you have the same opinion of the author? Should the author have written this book about his life? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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