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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. What does Charlotte resolve to do when she is alone after the kiss with the Captain?
(a) Run away and marry the Captain.
(b) Atone for her sins and die alone.
(c) Divorce Eduard and travel the continent.
(d) Strengthen her marriage with Eduard.

2. 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.

3. What language are the household servants ignorant of?
(a) German.
(b) English.
(c) French.
(d) Italian.

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

5. What is the premise of the story told by the foreign visitor?
(a) Two young people who are incompatible as youths find themselves attracted to one another as they become adults.
(b) A young couple spends many happy days together, but on the eve of their wedding tragedy strikes both of them.
(c) An elderly couple that gets pleasure by meddling in others' lives finds that it is prudent to mind one's own business.
(d) A young peasant feels he is destined to marry a fine lady, and he accomplishes seemingly impossible tasks in order to win her heart.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the narrator describe Charlotte when Eduard comes to make love to her?

2. What experiment does the foreign visitor's companion try on Charlotte and Ottilie?

3. Whose observations on the landscape of the estate serve to enrich Charlotte and Ottilie's experience of the land?

4. Who addresses the crowd at the foundation stone ceremony?

5. What does Ottilie set in the foundation stone with the other peoples' offerings?

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