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

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

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

4. What subject do Eduard and his male guest discuss in the night?
(a) Their old amorous adventures at court.
(b) The fleeting constancy of their wives.
(c) Their history working for the provincial governor.
(d) The questionable politics of the Captain.

5. What proposition does Eduard make to the Major?
(a) The Major should pretend to love Charlotte, then ruthlessly abandon her to make her pay for her sins.
(b) Eduard and Charlotte divorce so the Major can marry Charlotte and Eduard can marry Ottilie.
(c) Ottilie should become the object of the Major's direct amorous attentions in order to throw Charlotte off of Eduard's plan.
(d) The Major should facilitate Eduard's kidnapping of and absconding with Ottilie.