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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part II, Chapters 5-8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the architect reluctant to show publicly?
(a) His diary entries which reflect his mental state.
(b) His architectural plans for the restoration of a building.
(c) His collection of drawings and sketches.
(d) His poems about Ottilie and Charlotte.

2. How does the narrator describe Charlotte when Eduard comes to make love to her?
(a) As a "hotly passionate" experienced woman.
(b) As a "tempestuous and violent" harridan.
(c) As a "secretly shy" young lover.
(d) As a "virginal and innocent" girl.

3. In what activities do Charlotte and Ottilie engage the village girls?
(a) In organizing political protests of their own working conditions.
(b) In rebuilding the poorhouse for the town's beggars.
(c) In sewing, knitting, and beautifying the village.
(d) In learning to read, write, and do basic mathematics.

4. What does Eduard's note demand of Charlotte?
(a) That Charlotte send Ottilie to live with her great aunt.
(b) That Charlotte move away from the estate and live as a widow.
(c) That Charlotte treat Ottilie as an equal, not as a lesser relative.
(d) That Charlotte keep Ottilie at the estate and not send her away.

5. What activity are the married couple primarily engaged in at the beginning of the novel?
(a) Deciding whether to enlarge the home itself.
(b) Considering applications for new household staff.
(c) Preparing for a year long tour of Europe.
(d) Improving the landscape of their estate.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whose idea is it to place the pavilion in its precise future spot?

2. What event leads Eduard to begin to be physically attracted to Ottilie?

3. What is the name of the man who often visits the estate?

4. What gift do Charlotte and Ottilie give the architect?

5. To what does the narrator compare the common themes running through Ottilie's journals?

(see the answer key)

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