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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part II, Chapters 1-4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What service does Ottilie volunteer to do for Eduard?
(a) Make the final copy of the farmstead sale contract.
(b) Finalize the design of the chapel.
(c) Repair his many torn articles of clothing.
(d) Finish the lengthy inventory of the household.

2. What does Eduard convince Ottilie of regarding Charlotte and/or the Captain?
(a) Ottilie will never be loved by anyone because she is ugly.
(b) Charlotte loves the Captain and wants a divorce from Eduard.
(c) The Captain is preparing to duel with Eduard.
(d) Charlotte has secretly planned for Ottilie to marry the schoolmaster.

3. What specific form of memorializing does Charlotte admit having an aversion to?
(a) Stone busts.
(b) Tombs.
(c) Elegiac poetry.
(d) Portraits.

4. What habit does Eduard change as a result of Ottilie's presence and influence?
(a) His habit of pipe smoking.
(b) His recitation of the day's events.
(c) His attendance at church.
(d) His way of reading.

5. What letter does the Captain keep secret from his friends?
(a) One from Ottilie to Eduard that is salacious in its content.
(b) One from the Count containing a most promising job offer.
(c) One from an officer which reactivates the Captain's military service.
(d) One from the mason to the architect concerning the fleecing of Eduard's estate.

Short Answer Questions

1. What language do Charlotte and Ottilie speak when they are alone?

2. How does Ottilie respond to Luciane's arrival?

3. What do the main characters decide to do with the three lakes on Eduard's estate?

4. Whose idea is it to place the pavilion in its precise future spot?

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

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