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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What event does the captain suggest must be celebrated in a special manner?
(a) Eduard's homecoming.
(b) Charlotte's birthday.
(c) The Captain's wedding.
(d) Ottilie's debutante ball.

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

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

4. How does Ottilie respond to Charlotte's mention of the Captain potentially getting married?
(a) She makes no response at all and goes about life as usual.
(b) She cruelly gushes about how the Captain will make a fine husband to another woman.
(c) She becomes suspicious of Charlotte.
(d) She asks Charlotte directly about her relationship with the Captain.

5. What habit does Eduard change as a result of Ottilie's presence and influence?
(a) His habit of pipe smoking.
(b) His way of reading.
(c) His recitation of the day's events.
(d) His attendance at church.

6. Who visits Charlotte and decides to take her news back to Eduard?
(a) The Captain.
(b) The architect.
(c) The Count.
(d) Herr Mittler.

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

8. After hearing of Charlotte's physical condition, how does Eduard feel?
(a) Ashamed that he deserted his wife.
(b) That he wants cease to exist.
(c) Encouraged and refreshed.
(d) Ready and happy for the future.

9. What building has been completed for the celebration planned by Eduard and the Captain?
(a) The chapel.
(b) The moss hut.
(c) The pavilion.
(d) The stables.

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

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

12. What provokes Eduard to cry out that Ottilie loves him?
(a) Ottilie finishes copying a contract.
(b) Ottilie stands up to Charlotte's criticisms.
(c) Ottilie returns his letter with one of her own.
(d) Ottilie completes the inventory of the estate.

13. What building do the captain and Eduard decide to construct on the grounds of the estate?
(a) A boathouse.
(b) A stable.
(c) A chapel.
(d) A pavilion.

14. What significant physical condition is revealed about Charlotte in Part I, Chapter 18?
(a) She has consumption.
(b) She experiences mysterious left-side headaches.
(c) She is pregnant.
(d) She can no longer speak.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who addresses the crowd at the foundation stone ceremony?

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

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

4. How do Eduard, Charlotte, and the captain speak of the concept of elective affinities?

5. What subject do Eduard and his male guest discuss in the night?

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