1. What does the female guest find disagreeable in Eduard?
(a) His treatment of Charlotte in front of guests.
(b) His lack of detail in the landscape planning.
(c) His inability to carry on rational conversation.
(d) His apparent passion for Ottilie.

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

3. 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 a troublemaker and that the other girls fear and shun her.
(d) That she is the first girl of the school and has won all the year's academic prizes.

4. What incites Eduard to make a passionate visit to Charlotte?
(a) The thought of Ottilie working on a project of Eduard's.
(b) The drunken dare of Eduard's male guest.
(c) The realization that he is not yet a father.
(d) The idea that making love to Charlotte will cement his desire for her.

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