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

2. What is Charlotte and Eduard's son to be named?
(a) Edmund.
(b) Otto.
(c) Heinrich.
(d) Johann.

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

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

5. How is the female guest of the estate related to the mistress of the estate?
(a) She is her step-daughter.
(b) She is her daughter.
(c) She is her niece.
(d) She is her young cousin.

Short Answer Questions

1. What building do the captain and Eduard decide to construct on the grounds of the estate?

2. At whom does Eduard lose his temper while making the new plans for the estate?

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

4. What does Luciane enjoy doing with her many articles of clothing?

5. What is the architect reluctant to show publicly?

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