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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What nickname do both the master of the estate and his male guest share?
(a) Rolf.
(b) Jules.
(c) Otto.
(d) Augie.

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

3. Whose idea is it to place the pavilion in its precise future spot?
(a) The Captain's.
(b) Ottilie's.
(c) Eduard's.
(d) Charlotte's.

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

5. Who comes to visit the estate after the foundation stone ceremony?
(a) The prince and the princess.
(b) The mayor and the governor.
(c) The count and the baroness.
(d) The major and the general.

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

7. What is the name of the man who often visits the estate?
(a) Mittler.
(b) Gardner.
(c) Schmidt.
(d) Mueller.

8. What personality trait is notable about Ottilie?
(a) She is arrogant but somehow still likeable.
(b) She is very energetic but cannot seem to finish any project.
(c) She talks rapidly and profusely about nothing of consequence.
(d) She understands the needs of others intuitively.

9. What does Ottilie see as her "everything?"
(a) Her love for Eduard.
(b) Her passion for gardening.
(c) Her friendship with Charlotte.
(d) Her attention to her reading.

10. Whom does Eduard send to speak with Ottilie in private?
(a) His valet.
(b) The architect.
(c) His confessor.
(d) The Captain.

11. What becomes the focus of Eduard's efforts regarding the landscape improvements around the estate?
(a) Accommodating Charlotte's desired shapes and tones in the gardening.
(b) Conceding to the mason's professional opinion of the architecture.
(c) Obeying the Captain's directions regarding the precise placement of decorative elements.
(d) Privileging Ottilie's joy and comfort in the landscape.

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) Finalize the design of the chapel.
(d) Repair his many torn articles of clothing.

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

14. What does the schoolmaster's second letter say about Ottilie, in general?
(a) That she is intelligent, but not suited to the environment of the school.
(b) That she is one of the stupidest girls at the school, and he recommends she be sent home.
(c) That she is the first girl of the school and has won all the year's academic prizes.
(d) That she is a troublemaker and that the other girls fear and shun her.

15. What is the object of the insult Eduard receives indirectly from the Captain?
(a) Eduard's flute playing abilities.
(b) Eduard's design sense.
(c) Eduard's family tree.
(d) Eduard's intelligence and education.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the general content of the postscript of the headmistress's letter to the mistress of the estate?

2. What very capable person, who takes over the work of the landscape improvements, is the Captain very pleased with?

3. How does Eduard plan to celebrate the finishing of the landscape improvements, as well as to show his affection for Ottilie?

4. What activity does the male guest propose to his hosts upon his first look at the lands around the estate?

5. What act of submissiveness does Charlotte warn Ottilie against?

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