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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How is the female guest of the estate related to the mistress of the estate?
(a) She is her young cousin.
(b) She is her niece.
(c) She is her step-daughter.
(d) She is her daughter.

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

4. How does Eduard view his previous feelings of love, before he loved Ottilie?
(a) As practice for his future seduction of Ottilie.
(b) As mere wastes of time.
(c) As the pinnacles of human feeling.
(d) As necessary endeavors.

5. What incites Eduard to make a passionate visit to Charlotte?
(a) The idea that making love to Charlotte will cement his desire for her.
(b) The thought of Ottilie working on a project of Eduard's.
(c) The realization that he is not yet a father.
(d) The drunken dare of Eduard's male guest.

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

7. 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.

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

9. How does Eduard plan to celebrate the finishing of the landscape improvements, as well as to show his affection for Ottilie?
(a) By absconding with Ottilie.
(b) With a magnificent feast.
(c) By giving gifts to the guests.
(d) With a fireworks show.

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

11. What does the male guest criticize about the estate?
(a) The boring, humdrum nature of the surrounding area.
(b) The general lack of aptitude of the servants.
(c) The master's indecent liberties taken with the serving-girls.
(d) The mistress's planning and layout of the improvements.

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

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

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

15. What is one subject of the guests and hosts' conversation during the group's first dinner together?
(a) The new taxation structure favored by the monarchy.
(b) Ottilie's schooling and her future as a governess.
(c) The value of the farmstead and its surrounding fields.
(d) Eduard and Charlotte's early love at court.

Short Answer Questions

1. What event does the captain suggest must be celebrated in a special manner?

2. How did the master of the estate grow up?

3. What building has been completed for the celebration planned by Eduard and the Captain?

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

5. What language are the household servants ignorant of?

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