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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part II, Chapters 13-14.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Which of Luciane's "experiments in moral regeneration" goes badly wrong?
(a) Her education of a young peasant boy.
(b) Her endeavors to patch up Charlotte and Eduard's relationship.
(c) Her efforts to introduce a foreign friend into high society.
(d) Her attempt to re-socialize a mad young woman.

3. What does Eduard's note demand of Charlotte?
(a) That Charlotte move away from the estate and live as a widow.
(b) That Charlotte treat Ottilie as an equal, not as a lesser relative.
(c) That Charlotte send Ottilie to live with her great aunt.
(d) That Charlotte keep Ottilie at the estate and not send her away.

4. Whom does Eduard meet unexpectedly as he walks?
(a) Nanni.
(b) Charlotte.
(c) Mathilde.
(d) Ottilie.

5. What frightening event mars the celebration Eduard had so carefully planned?
(a) A madman shoots a party guest and runs away
(b) A violent storm frightens the guests.
(c) A dam collapses and spills people into the water.
(d) A horse rears, throwing its rider, and striking a few people.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is notable about the letters Eduard writes to Ottilie?

2. What is one subject of the guests and hosts' conversation during the group's first dinner together?

3. How does Eduard envision Otto will be raised?

4. Who does the mistress of the house think has a more-than-average interest in Ottilie?

5. What are Eduard's plans for Charlotte's future?

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