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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What personality trait is notable about Ottilie?
(a) She understands the needs of others intuitively.
(b) She talks rapidly and profusely about nothing of consequence.
(c) She is arrogant but somehow still likeable.
(d) She is very energetic but cannot seem to finish any project.

4. What prevents Eduard from going through with his plan to keep Ottilie always near him?
(a) Ottilie's efforts to distract Charlotte are so transparent that Charlotte suspects them both.
(b) Eduard is unable to secure passage into England for himself and Ottilie.
(c) The first letters between him and Ottilie fall and are picked up by others.
(d) The moss hut begins to crumble and fall apart and is not comfortable as a love-nest.

5. Who comes to visit the estate after the foundation stone ceremony?
(a) The prince and the princess.
(b) The count and the baroness.
(c) The mayor and the governor.
(d) The major and the general.

6. 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 step-daughter.
(c) She is her daughter.
(d) She is her niece.

7. How does Eduard resolve to fulfill his growing need to be always around Ottilie?
(a) He decides they must run away together.
(b) By building a secret love nest out of the moss hut.
(c) He asks Ottilie to try to distract Charlotte.
(d) By conducting a secret correspondence with her.

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

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

10. Where have the two young women mentioned in Part I, Chapter 1, been living for some years?
(a) At the royal court.
(b) At the home of a distant relative.
(c) At a boarding school.
(d) At the estate.

11. After Charlotte confronts him, what does Eduard resolve to do?
(a) To kill himself.
(b) To obtain a divorce.
(c) To leave home.
(d) To seduce Ottilie.

12. What does Eduard's note demand of Charlotte?
(a) That Charlotte keep Ottilie at the estate and not send her away.
(b) That Charlotte treat Ottilie as an equal, not as a lesser relative.
(c) That Charlotte send Ottilie to live with her great aunt.
(d) That Charlotte move away from the estate and live as a widow.

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

14. What final decision does Eduard make at the end of Part I?
(a) To commit suicide.
(b) To return to Charlotte.
(c) To run away with Ottilie.
(d) To rejoin the military.

15. What act of submissiveness does Charlotte warn Ottilie against?
(a) Walking slowly to accommodate the pace of the elderly.
(b) Lowering one's eyes before royalty.
(c) Stooping to pick up something dropped by a man.
(d) Deferring to one's host in conversation.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does the mistress of the house think has a more-than-average interest in Ottilie?

2. What is the name of Charlotte's daughter?

3. To whom does the captain find himself irresistibly attracted?

4. Which person is to be another guest at the estate?

5. Where does Eduard live while away from his estate?

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