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

2. What creatures does Luciane find amusing?
(a) Elephants.
(b) Cockatiels.
(c) Monkeys.
(d) Dogs.

3. How does Eduard resolve to fulfill his growing need to be always around Ottilie?
(a) By building a secret love nest out of the moss hut.
(b) He asks Ottilie to try to distract Charlotte.
(c) By conducting a secret correspondence with her.
(d) He decides they must run away together.

4. What act of submissiveness does Charlotte warn Ottilie against?
(a) Lowering one's eyes before royalty.
(b) Stooping to pick up something dropped by a man.
(c) Deferring to one's host in conversation.
(d) Walking slowly to accommodate the pace of the elderly.

5. To what does the narrator compare the common themes running through Ottilie's journals?
(a) To a novel with a specific trope repeating through it.
(b) To a garment with a regular weave of fine fabric.
(c) To a naval rope with a single strand of red thread.
(d) To a garden in which patterns of hedges repeat themselves.

Short Answer Questions

1. What event precipitates the arrival of Charlotte's daughter at the estate?

2. What does Eduard focus on in his solitude?

3. What general plans do Eduard and the captain have for the estate?

4. What does Ottilie set in the foundation stone with the other peoples' offerings?

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

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