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

2. What activity does the Count suggest would benefit from Luciane's personality?
(a) Singing famous and worshipful psalms.
(b) Studying the piano to become a famous musician.
(c) Impersonating tableaux from famous paintings.
(d) Concentrating on painting and drawing.

3. Why is Charlotte agitated by the foreign visitor's tale?
(a) She knows that the true story behind the tale involved the Captain.
(b) She wonders whether something like the story will happen to her.
(c) She feels that the visitor told the tale to deliberately upset her.
(d) She finds the use of humor in the story to be in bad taste.

4. What does Charlotte agree to, in the midst of the tragedy?
(a) Taking her own life and thereby atoning for her sins.
(b) Leaving the estate and live in a convent.
(c) Suing the person responsible for the tragedy.
(d) Eduard's request for a divorce.

5. What is one subject of the guests and hosts' conversation during the group's first dinner together?
(a) Ottilie's schooling and her future as a governess.
(b) The value of the farmstead and its surrounding fields.
(c) The new taxation structure favored by the monarchy.
(d) Eduard and Charlotte's early love at court.