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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. What did Johannes conceal from Cordelia?
(a) His embarassment.
(b) His anxiety.
(c) His fear.
(d) His love.

2. Why does Johannes advise Edward to rely on him?
(a) To show him how to attract Cordelia.
(b) To show him how to get a woman.
(c) To show him how to impress a woman.
(d) To show him how to interact with others.

3. In the second letter, Cordelia tells a story of whom?
(a) A rich man and a poor maiden.
(b) A rich man and a rich maiden.
(c) A poor man and a rich maiden.
(d) A poor man and a poor maiden.

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

5. Johannes notes that women should become self-sufficient in their use to do what?
(a) Become well-educated.
(b) Take financial pressure off their parents.
(c) Make good wives.
(d) Make good mothers.

Short Answer Questions

1. Johannes proclaims that limiting one's self is the precondition of what?

2. Whose story comprises most of the diary?

3. Why does Johannes decide to befriend Edward?

4. Johannes then continues to describe Cordelia, with remarks like "Her countenance is like a fruit" and "Her head is a ___________ head."

5. Johannes sees Cordelia but doesn't talk to her, instead speaking with whom in front of her?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Johannes' April 5th entry.

2. What does Cordelia say in the second letter?

3. How does Cordelia's attention begin to veer away from Edward and towards Johannes?

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

5. What happens when Cordelia meets Mr. Baxter?

6. How does the book open?

7. What does Johannes discover on the 12th?

8. What does the narrator think about Kierkegaard?

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

10. What takes place in Johannes' April 7th entry?

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