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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What language do Charlotte and Ottilie speak when they are alone?
(a) Italian.
(b) German.
(c) English.
(d) French.

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

4. What does the female guest find disagreeable in Eduard?
(a) His lack of detail in the landscape planning.
(b) His apparent passion for Ottilie.
(c) His inability to carry on rational conversation.
(d) His treatment of Charlotte in front of guests.

5. What is the second main project the male guest of the estate proposes to his hosts?
(a) To set sail around the European continent.
(b) To rebuild the ruined church in the village.
(c) To make an inventory of the estate.
(d) To make a map of the entire estate.

6. What request does Eduard make of the person who visits him in his solitude?
(a) For a loan so he may buy a new house.
(b) This person's help in obtaining a divorce.
(c) That this person take a letter to Ottilie.
(d) For the person's forgiveness and blessing.

7. What incident prompts the captain and Charlotte to kiss?
(a) Eduard and the captain duel over Ottilie's affections.
(b) The captain gets the boat stuck and carries Charlotte to safety.
(c) The captain kisses Charlotte to thank her for securing him a job.
(d) Charlotte confesses her dark desires to the captain.

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

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

10. What very capable person, who takes over the work of the landscape improvements, is the Captain very pleased with?
(a) The architect.
(b) The parson.
(c) The gardener.
(d) The beggar.

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

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

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

14. What is the name of the first character introduced in the novel?
(a) Gardener.
(b) Ottilie.
(c) Charlotte.
(d) Eduard.

15. Once the Captain leaves, what does Charlotte suggest to Eduard regarding Ottilie?
(a) That Ottilie return to the boarding school or to her great-aunt's home.
(b) That Charlotte and Ottilie embark on a trip to Italy to view famous sculptures.
(c) That Ottilie become the governess to a wealthy family.
(d) That Eduard and Ottilie leave together to indulge their mutual passion.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Eduard and Charlotte disagree strongly about in the wake of the frightening event during the festivities?

2. During a stroll around his property with the captain and Charlotte, what activity does Eduard suddenly change his mind about engaging in, and why?

3. Whom does the master of the estate propose come to live with himself and his wife?

4. How is the female guest of the estate related to the mistress of the estate?

5. What does Charlotte resolve to do when she is alone after the kiss with the Captain?

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