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

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. What idea of the male guest strikes Charlotte like a "thunderbolt?"
(a) The man advises Charlotte to run away with the Captain since they are clearly in love.
(b) The man would like to recommend the Captain to a position with a high powered friend.
(c) The man suggests that Charlotte and Eduard divorce so they may marry others.
(d) The man feels Ottilie is dull company, and he advises Charlotte to turn her out of the house.

4. What is the name of the peasant girl who attaches herself to Ottilie?
(a) Nanni.
(b) Sarah.
(c) Helga.
(d) Carina.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How is the female guest of the estate related to the mistress of the estate?

2. What event does the captain suggest must be celebrated in a special manner?

3. Early in the novel, what is the general feeling among the four main occupants of the household?

4. What is the second main project the male guest of the estate proposes to his hosts?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Ottilie act around the others when she arrives at the estate?

2. What changes in the Captain's future situation come to light in Part I, Chapter 14?

3. Summarize the concept of "elective affinities," and describe how the Captain, Eduard, and Charlotte formulate their discussion of this concept.

4. What is the substance of Charlotte and Eduard's argument at the beginning of Part I, Chapter 16, and how is it resolved?

5. Summarize the events which occur on Ottilie's birthday.

6. Describe Eduard's and the Captain's interactions with members of the lower social classes.

7. What does Mittler do regarding Charlotte and Eduard's tense situation?

8. What event leads to a sexually charged encounter between Charlotte and the Captain, and how does Charlotte react to it?

9. In Part I, Chapter 6, what activity becomes the clear marker of the shifting compatibilities of the four protagonists?

10. What does Eduard decide to do to further his relationship with Ottilie, and how does this attempt end up?

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