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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What activity are the married couple primarily engaged in at the beginning of the novel?
(a) Considering applications for new household staff.
(b) Preparing for a year long tour of Europe.
(c) Improving the landscape of their estate.
(d) Deciding whether to enlarge the home itself.

3. What does Eduard propose to sell to pay for the main project undertaken by the household?
(a) The southern portion of land.
(b) The chapel in the village.
(c) The main house itself.
(d) The farmstead in the woods.

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

5. How do Eduard and Ottilie unexpectedly prove their compatibility with one another?
(a) By reciting a dramatic scene.
(b) By engaging in a debate.
(c) By playing music together.
(d) By playing a game of cards.

6. 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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

14. Who does the mistress of the house think has a more-than-average interest in Ottilie?
(a) The schoolmaster.
(b) The male guest at the estate.
(c) A common peasant.
(d) The master of the estate.

15. What activity does the male guest propose to his hosts upon his first look at the lands around the estate?
(a) That the trio return to the comfort of the main house.
(b) That the trio make a journey to the court.
(c) That the trio hire a friend of his for the gardening.
(d) That the trio make a detailed survey of the land.

Short Answer Questions

1. What language are the household servants ignorant of?

2. How does Eduard resolve to fulfill his growing need to be always around Ottilie?

3. What language do Charlotte and Ottilie speak when they are alone?

4. What final decision does Eduard make at the end of Part I?

5. What prevents Eduard from going through with his plan to keep Ottilie always near him?

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