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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. Why does Cordelia live with her aunt?

2. Johannes speaks to Cordelia after seeing her pass by a ________ time.

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

4. What does Johannes continue to worry about Cordelia?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Johannes learn regarding Cordelia and her family on the 19th?

3. What does the narrator think about Kierkegaard?

4. What does Cordelia say in the first letter?

5. What should be noted regarding the author and the characters in this story?

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

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

8. What does Cordelia say in the second letter?

9. What does Johannes discover on the 12th?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Johannes begins to stalk Cordelia in his first entry.

Part 1) Why does he begin to stalk her? What does he notice about her? Why is he intrigued by her?

Part 2) What does this stalking reveal about his personality? What are your thoughts on his behavior? Does it seem he has stalked before? Why or why not?

Part 3) Why do people stalk other people? What might this reveal about a stalker's mindset?

Essay Topic 3

Johannes grow tired of Edward.

Part 1) Why does he grow tired of him? How does this change Johannes' relationship with Edward, as well as his relationship with Cordelia? How does this affect Edward's relationship with Cordelia?

Part 2) What does this change in Johannes reveal about him and his feelings for Cordelia?

Part 3) How are these feelings related to a theme of control? How does this need for control influence hi behavior?

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