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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part II, Chapters 5-8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of the first character introduced in the novel?
(a) Eduard.
(b) Charlotte.
(c) Ottilie.
(d) Gardener.

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

3. What is the house guest's suggested remedy for children who do not follow in their parents' footsteps?
(a) Punishing the child until he or she agrees to be like his or her parents.
(b) Making the child an equal partner in the parent's endeavors.
(c) Threatenting to disown the child unless he or she capitulates.
(d) Allowing the child to follow his or her own unique path in life.

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

5. What event leads Eduard to begin to be physically attracted to Ottilie?
(a) They begin a secret correspondence in which they admit their desires.
(b) Ottilie "accidentally" falls into Eduard's arms in the drawing room.
(c) Eduard finds that she has written of him in her diary.
(d) They take the wrong path and get lost while walking.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the male guest criticize about the estate?

2. What artistic activity does the architect plan for Ottilie to be centrally involved in?

3. What building has been completed for the celebration planned by Eduard and the Captain?

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

5. What does Eduard convince Ottilie of regarding Charlotte and/or the Captain?

(see the answer key)

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