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

2. Why is Charlotte agitated by the foreign visitor's tale?
(a) She knows that the true story behind the tale involved the Captain.
(b) She finds the use of humor in the story to be in bad taste.
(c) She wonders whether something like the story will happen to her.
(d) She feels that the visitor told the tale to deliberately upset her.

3. Where does Eduard live while away from his estate?
(a) In a wing of the Count's mansion.
(b) In the newly constructed pavilion.
(c) In a room above the town inn.
(d) In a farmstead house.

4. What does Ottilie set in the foundation stone with the other peoples' offerings?
(a) A lock of her own hair.
(b) A miniature portrait of her father.
(c) A letter from the schoolmaster.
(d) A ring her mother gave her.

5. What thought about Ottilie's future preoccupies Charlotte?
(a) Whether Ottilie will forgive Eduard and why.
(b) When Ottilie will die and how.
(c) What profession Ottilie will take and when.
(d) Whether Ottilie will marry and whom.

Short Answer Questions

1. What faux pas does the foreign visitor's companion notice?

2. How does Ottilie respond to Charlotte's mention of the Captain potentially getting married?

3. Who broaches the subject to Eduard of reconciling with Charlotte?

4. What seemingly miraculous event occurs at the completion of the foundation stone ceremony?

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

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