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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part II, Chapters 9-12.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Eduard view his previous feelings of love, before he loved Ottilie?
(a) As the pinnacles of human feeling.
(b) As practice for his future seduction of Ottilie.
(c) As necessary endeavors.
(d) As mere wastes of time.

2. Why does Ottilie avoid a path by the side of the lake?
(a) The place fills her with dread and she gets a headache.
(b) She once fell from that path and hurt herself.
(c) The path reminds her of her lost lover.
(d) She has been warned by the townsfolk that the path is cursed.

3. To what does the narrator compare the common themes running through Ottilie's journals?
(a) To a garment with a regular weave of fine fabric.
(b) To a garden in which patterns of hedges repeat themselves.
(c) To a novel with a specific trope repeating through it.
(d) To a naval rope with a single strand of red thread.

4. What is the title of the story the foreign visitor tells Charlotte and Ottilie?
(a) "The Wayward Young Neighbors."
(b) "The Unfortunate Young Lovers."
(c) "The Sensible Old Couple."
(d) "The Passionate Shepherd and Lady."

5. Whom does Eduard send to speak with Ottilie in private?
(a) The architect.
(b) The Captain.
(c) His valet.
(d) His confessor.

Short Answer Questions

1. After Charlotte confronts him, what does Eduard resolve to do?

2. Where does Eduard live while away from his estate?

3. What event marks the newborn's baptism with foreboding?

4. Upon what date does the completion of the restoration of the building occur?

5. What do the Captain and Charlotte resolve to do regarding the landscape improvements?

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