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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part I, Chapters 9-12.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is married to the owner of the estate?
(a) Ottilie.
(b) Charlotte.
(c) Luciane.
(d) Mathilde.

2. What does the schoolmaster's second letter say about Ottilie, in general?
(a) That she is intelligent, but not suited to the environment of the school.
(b) That she is one of the stupidest girls at the school, and he recommends she be sent home.
(c) That she is the first girl of the school and has won all the year's academic prizes.
(d) That she is a troublemaker and that the other girls fear and shun her.

3. Whose idea is it to place the pavilion in its precise future spot?
(a) Eduard's.
(b) Charlotte's.
(c) The Captain's.
(d) Ottilie's.

4. Early in the novel, what is the general feeling among the four main occupants of the household?
(a) They enjoy feelings of mutual affection and goodwill.
(b) They begin to suspect one another of adultery.
(c) They find themselves quarreling over minor matters.
(d) They increasingly want more time alone instead of together.

5. What does the male guest criticize about the estate?
(a) The boring, humdrum nature of the surrounding area.
(b) The general lack of aptitude of the servants.
(c) The mistress's planning and layout of the improvements.
(d) The master's indecent liberties taken with the serving-girls.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What is the general content of the postscript of the headmistress's letter to the mistress of the estate?

4. What does the female guest find disagreeable in Eduard?

5. Where have the two young women mentioned in Part I, Chapter 1, been living for some years?

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