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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. What activity are the married couple primarily engaged in at the beginning of the novel?
(a) Preparing for a year long tour of Europe.
(b) Considering applications for new household staff.
(c) Deciding whether to enlarge the home itself.
(d) Improving the landscape of their estate.

2. Which person is to be another guest at the estate?
(a) Marianne.
(b) Ottilie.
(c) Charlotte.
(d) Luciane.

3. What does Luciane enjoy doing with her many articles of clothing?
(a) Dressing up as fanciful characters.
(b) Giving everything away and wearing only modest, inexpensive fabrics.
(c) Saving up the best outfits for special occasions.
(d) Putting them in storage and never wearing them.

4. What conflicting feelings continuously torment Ottilie?
(a) Anger and acceptance.
(b) Wealth and poverty.
(c) Living and dying.
(d) Fear and delight.

5. When is the only time Ottilie does not take Otto with her?
(a) When she walks into town.
(b) When she strolls through the woods.
(c) When she rows out on the lake.
(d) When she tidies up her wing of the house.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What request does Eduard make of the person who visits him in his solitude?

3. What do the Captain and Charlotte resolve to do regarding the landscape improvements?

4. How did Charlotte find out Eduard had joined the military?

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

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