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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. Upon what date does the completion of the restoration of the building occur?
(a) The anniversary of Eduard and Charlotte's wedding.
(b) The anniversary of Ottilie's arrival at the estate.
(c) The eve of the Captain's birthday.
(d) The eve of Eduard's birthday.

2. What do the Captain and Charlotte resolve to do regarding the landscape improvements?
(a) Hurry the work so that Eduard's energies will be more properly restrained.
(b) Use their new landscaping expertise to begin their own designing business.
(c) Place the entire endeavor on hold until winter is over.
(d) Expand the project to use up their extra household funds.

3. What scientific subject becomes a main object of conversation between the hosts and their male guest?
(a) Astronomy and the movement of the solar system.
(b) The evolution of plant and animal species.
(c) Geology and its role in determining the location of mineral deposits.
(d) Certain affinities between natural objects.

4. Where does Eduard live while away from his estate?
(a) In a farmstead house.
(b) In the newly constructed pavilion.
(c) In a room above the town inn.
(d) In a wing of the Count's mansion.

5. On which procession of people does the new house guest, who arrived during Ottilie's artistic activity, exercise his craft and calling?
(a) The company of the estate's housemaids.
(b) The brigade of young gardeners.
(c) The group of street urchins that live in the village.
(d) The members of the local militia.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the house guest's suggested remedy for children who do not follow in their parents' footsteps?

2. Early in the novel, what is the general feeling among the four main occupants of the household?

3. What portion of the building being restored will receive special attention through painted decorations?

4. What event does the captain suggest must be celebrated in a special manner?

5. What is Charlotte and Eduard's son to be named?

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