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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 specific form of memorializing does Charlotte admit having an aversion to?
(a) Stone busts.
(b) Elegiac poetry.
(c) Portraits.
(d) Tombs.

2. What event do the men resolve should mark the celebratory finishing date of their various improvements to the landscape of the estate?
(a) Ottilie's birthday.
(b) The death of Herr Mittler.
(c) The anniversary of the Captain's arrival at the estate.
(d) Charlotte and Eduard's anniversary.

3. How did Charlotte find out Eduard had joined the military?
(a) She happens to hear the local gossip while in town.
(b) She receives a letter from him explaining his decision.
(c) She reads his name and his circumstances in a gazette.
(d) An old family friend tells her he saw Eduard after a battle.

4. How does Eduard plan to celebrate the finishing of the landscape improvements, as well as to show his affection for Ottilie?
(a) By giving gifts to the guests.
(b) By absconding with Ottilie.
(c) With a fireworks show.
(d) With a magnificent feast.

5. What does the male guest criticize about the estate?
(a) The master's indecent liberties taken with the serving-girls.
(b) The boring, humdrum nature of the surrounding area.
(c) The general lack of aptitude of the servants.
(d) The mistress's planning and layout of the improvements.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does the schoolmaster's second letter say about Ottilie, in general?

3. What does the narrator consider to be the conflicting sides of Luciane's character?

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

5. What was the architect's reason for not wishing his drawings to be shown to the whole company, as Luciane had entreated and Ottilie had encouraged?

(see the answer key)

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