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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. Whom does the master of the estate propose come to live with himself and his wife?
(a) The Baroness.
(b) The General.
(c) The Count.
(d) The Captain.

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

3. What is the general substance of Ottilie's second journal entry?
(a) The dichotomy of good and evil.
(b) The state of Charlotte's marriage.
(c) The transience of ownership of art.
(d) Her love for Eduard.

4. What is the general content of Ottilie's fourth journal entry?
(a) The problems inherent in her passion for Eduard.
(b) The necessity of, and arbitrary nature of, engaging with others in social settings.
(c) The necessities that keep women tied to the domestic sphere.
(d) Her own feelings about her relationship with Luciane, specifically.

5. What was the architect's reason for not wishing his drawings to be shown to the whole company, as Luciane had entreated and Ottilie had encouraged?
(a) Even cultivated people handle delicate works of art roughly.
(b) Another guest expresses his desire to show his own collection of sculpture.
(c) He fears his plagiarism of the original drawings will be discovered.
(d) He is modest to the point of embarrassment about his accomplishments.

Short Answer Questions

1. What experiment does the foreign visitor's companion try on Charlotte and Ottilie?

2. What building does Charlotte decide she and Ottilie will live in for a period of time?

3. What does Eduard's note demand of Charlotte?

4. What service does Ottilie volunteer to do for Eduard?

5. What, in general, describes Luciane's personality?

(see the answer key)

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