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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 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.

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

3. What incites Eduard to make a passionate visit to Charlotte?
(a) The thought of Ottilie working on a project of Eduard's.
(b) The realization that he is not yet a father.
(c) The drunken dare of Eduard's male guest.
(d) The idea that making love to Charlotte will cement his desire for her.

4. What effect does the foreign visitor to the estate have on Ottilie, when he expounds upon the uselessness of over improving the land?
(a) Ottilie feels offended by the man's presumption.
(b) Ottilie is disillusioned and in agony.
(c) Ottilie finds herself questioning her design sense.
(d) Ottilie agrees wholeheartedly with the man.

5. After hearing of Charlotte's physical condition, how does Eduard feel?
(a) Ashamed that he deserted his wife.
(b) That he wants cease to exist.
(c) Encouraged and refreshed.
(d) Ready and happy for the future.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Eduard's note demand of Charlotte?

2. What subject do Eduard and his male guest discuss in the night?

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 is the premise of the story told by the foreign visitor?

5. What does Ottilie see as her "everything?"

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