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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What event do the men resolve should mark the celebratory finishing date of their various improvements to the landscape of the estate?
(a) Charlotte and Eduard's anniversary.
(b) The death of Herr Mittler.
(c) The anniversary of the Captain's arrival at the estate.
(d) Ottilie's birthday.

2. What is the name of the peasant girl who attaches herself to Ottilie?
(a) Nanni.
(b) Carina.
(c) Helga.
(d) Sarah.

3. Who is married to the owner of the estate?
(a) Luciane.
(b) Charlotte.
(c) Mathilde.
(d) Ottilie.

4. What is notable about the letters Eduard writes to Ottilie?
(a) Eduard also writes responses and signs them with Ottilie's name.
(b) The content of the letters is illegible, mad gibberish.
(c) Charlotte intercepts the letters and answers them in Ottilie's handwriting.
(d) The letters always come back in the post as "undeliverable."

5. What objects on Eduard's property are exactly the same age as Ottilie?
(a) The peacocks which strut all over the estate.
(b) The plane trees by the lake.
(c) The topiaries in the main garden.
(d) The moss hut on the hill.

6. What event leads Eduard to begin to be physically attracted to Ottilie?
(a) Ottilie "accidentally" falls into Eduard's arms in the drawing room.
(b) They begin a secret correspondence in which they admit their desires.
(c) Eduard finds that she has written of him in her diary.
(d) They take the wrong path and get lost while walking.

7. To whom does the captain find himself irresistibly attracted?
(a) Ottilie.
(b) Charlotte.
(c) Nanni.
(d) Marianne.

8. At whom does Eduard lose his temper while making the new plans for the estate?
(a) A parson.
(b) A captain.
(c) A village girl.
(d) A beggar.

9. What do the main characters decide to do with the three lakes on Eduard's estate?
(a) Sell the land rights around the largest lake.
(b) Bring down the dams to make one large lake.
(c) Drain one of the lakes to irrigate the fields.
(d) Reinforce all three dams to prevent flooding.

10. Who addresses the crowd at the foundation stone ceremony?
(a) The architect.
(b) The mason.
(c) The gardener.
(d) The beggar.

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

12. What service does Ottilie volunteer to do for Eduard?
(a) Finish the lengthy inventory of the household.
(b) Make the final copy of the farmstead sale contract.
(c) Repair his many torn articles of clothing.
(d) Finalize the design of the chapel.

13. What does Charlotte resolve to do when she is alone after the kiss with the Captain?
(a) Strengthen her marriage with Eduard.
(b) Divorce Eduard and travel the continent.
(c) Run away and marry the Captain.
(d) Atone for her sins and die alone.

14. What language are the household servants ignorant of?
(a) French.
(b) English.
(c) German.
(d) Italian.

15. After Charlotte confronts him, what does Eduard resolve to do?
(a) To seduce Ottilie.
(b) To obtain a divorce.
(c) To kill himself.
(d) To leave home.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whom does Eduard send to speak with Ottilie in private?

2. What is the name of the man who often visits the estate?

3. What frightening event mars the celebration Eduard had so carefully planned?

4. What does Eduard focus on in his solitude?

5. What personal item does Eduard request Ottilie stop wearing?

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