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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part II, Chapters 9-12.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Early in the novel, what is the general feeling among the four main occupants of the household?
(a) They increasingly want more time alone instead of together.
(b) They enjoy feelings of mutual affection and goodwill.
(c) They begin to suspect one another of adultery.
(d) They find themselves quarreling over minor matters.

2. What is the architect reluctant to show publicly?
(a) His collection of drawings and sketches.
(b) His poems about Ottilie and Charlotte.
(c) His diary entries which reflect his mental state.
(d) His architectural plans for the restoration of a building.

3. What experiment does the foreign visitor's companion try on Charlotte and Ottilie?
(a) The pendulum experiment.
(b) The leverage trial.
(c) The gravity investigation.
(d) The scales hypothesis.

4. Where have the two young women mentioned in Part I, Chapter 1, been living for some years?
(a) At the estate.
(b) At the home of a distant relative.
(c) At a boarding school.
(d) At the royal court.

5. How did Charlotte find out Eduard had joined the military?
(a) An old family friend tells her he saw Eduard after a battle.
(b) She receives a letter from him explaining his decision.
(c) She happens to hear the local gossip while in town.
(d) She reads his name and his circumstances in a gazette.

Short Answer Questions

1. What creatures does Luciane find amusing?

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

3. Who broaches the subject to Eduard of reconciling with Charlotte?

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

5. What is the general substance of Ottilie's first journal entry?

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