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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What idea of the male guest strikes Charlotte like a "thunderbolt?"
(a) The man suggests that Charlotte and Eduard divorce so they may marry others.
(b) The man advises Charlotte to run away with the Captain since they are clearly in love.
(c) The man feels Ottilie is dull company, and he advises Charlotte to turn her out of the house.
(d) The man would like to recommend the Captain to a position with a high powered friend.

2. What does Eduard convince Ottilie of regarding Charlotte and/or the Captain?
(a) Charlotte loves the Captain and wants a divorce from Eduard.
(b) Charlotte has secretly planned for Ottilie to marry the schoolmaster.
(c) Ottilie will never be loved by anyone because she is ugly.
(d) The Captain is preparing to duel with Eduard.

3. What about the contract Ottilie copied does Eduard find singular and astonishing?
(a) The entire document is completely illegible.
(b) The contract reads as a novel, rather than a legal document.
(c) The last portion of the contract seems to be copied in his own hand.
(d) The contract appears to be entirely in Charlotte's handwriting.

4. What general plans do Eduard and the captain have for the estate?
(a) Cleaning up the grounds and house and prepare the estate for sale.
(b) Renovating the main house to accommodate Eduard's growing brood.
(c) Tearing down the old stables and erect new ones.
(d) Improving the landscaping on a large scale.

5. What activity does the male guest propose to his hosts upon his first look at the lands around the estate?
(a) That the trio make a detailed survey of the land.
(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 return to the comfort of the main house.

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

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

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

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

10. Early in the novel, what is the general feeling among the four main occupants of the household?
(a) They increasingly want more time alone instead of together.
(b) They find themselves quarreling over minor matters.
(c) They begin to suspect one another of adultery.
(d) They enjoy feelings of mutual affection and goodwill.

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

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

13. What objects on Eduard's property are exactly the same age as Ottilie?
(a) The moss hut on the hill.
(b) The plane trees by the lake.
(c) The topiaries in the main garden.
(d) The peacocks which strut all over the estate.

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

15. Whom does the master of the estate propose come to live with himself and his wife?
(a) The Baroness.
(b) The Captain.
(c) The Count.
(d) The General.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where have the two young women mentioned in Part I, Chapter 1, been living for some years?

3. What provokes Eduard to cry out that Ottilie loves him?

4. What incites Eduard to make a passionate visit to Charlotte?

5. What is one subject of the guests and hosts' conversation during the group's first dinner together?

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