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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 do Eduard and Charlotte act in front of the others the morning after they sleep together?
(a) As if they are proud to have reaffirmed their love.
(b) As if nothing has passed between them the night before.
(c) As if they are suspicious of the thoughts of others.
(d) As if they are ashamed and contrite of their actions.

2. What event endangers the protagonists of the story?
(a) A blazing house fire.
(b) A river yacht crash.
(c) A carriage robbery.
(d) An attempted murder.

3. What experiment does the foreign visitor's companion try on Charlotte and Ottilie?
(a) The gravity investigation.
(b) The leverage trial.
(c) The scales hypothesis.
(d) The pendulum experiment.

4. What provokes Eduard to cry out that Ottilie loves him?
(a) Ottilie stands up to Charlotte's criticisms.
(b) Ottilie returns his letter with one of her own.
(c) Ottilie finishes copying a contract.
(d) Ottilie completes the inventory of the estate.

5. Who broaches the subject to Eduard of reconciling with Charlotte?
(a) The Captain.
(b) The parson.
(c) The Baroness.
(d) Herr Mittler.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What effect does the foreign visitor to the estate have on Ottilie, when he expounds upon the uselessness of over improving the land?

3. During a stroll around his property with the captain and Charlotte, what activity does Eduard suddenly change his mind about engaging in, and why?

4. What language are the household servants ignorant of?

5. Who comes to visit the estate after the foundation stone ceremony?

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