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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the architect's reason for not wishing his drawings to be shown to the whole company, as Luciane had entreated and Ottilie had encouraged?
(a) Even cultivated people handle delicate works of art roughly.
(b) He is modest to the point of embarrassment about his accomplishments.
(c) He fears his plagiarism of the original drawings will be discovered.
(d) Another guest expresses his desire to show his own collection of sculpture.

2. What seemingly miraculous event occurs during Ottilie's funeral?
(a) The Major saves a young woman from drowning.
(b) Nanni falls from a garret but is uninjured.
(c) Charlotte learns she is pregnant again.
(d) Eduard tries to stab himself but the blade cannot pierce his skin.

3. What does the narrator consider to be the conflicting sides of Luciane's character?
(a) Although Luciane can easily win people over, she can just as easily offend and alienate them.
(b) Although Luciane treats Ottilie with respect and deference, she secretly resents her.
(c) While Luciane is beautiful on the outside, her personality shows that she is evil.
(d) While Luciane is homely and plain, her generosity and charity make her seem angelic to others.

4. Which representation of an artistic work results in the most applause for Luciane?
(a) Gerald Terborch's "Instruction Paternelle."
(b) Mozart's "The Magic Flute."
(c) Handel's "Messiah."
(d) Jan Vermeer's "Girl with a Pearl Earring."

5. What activity of Luciane's, meant to amuse the company, ends up with Luciane looking foolish?
(a) Her idea of a game that involves the whole company.
(b) Her arguments in a carefully staged debate.
(c) Her dance performance in which she is accompanied by a harpist.
(d) Her performance on the guitar and her accompanying singing.

6. What specific form of memorializing does Charlotte admit having an aversion to?
(a) Tombs.
(b) Portraits.
(c) Stone busts.
(d) Elegiac poetry.

7. Which vocation does Ottilie decide she wishes to pursue?
(a) To become a maid.
(b) To teach at the boarding school.
(c) To become a governess to a wealthy family.
(d) To become a great artist and painter.

8. What building does Charlotte decide she and Ottilie will live in for a period of time?
(a) The pavilion.
(b) The servant's quarters.
(c) The moss hut.
(d) The chapel.

9. Which unexpected visitor arrives during the performance of the artistic activity planned by the architect?
(a) The mason.
(b) The Captain.
(c) The schoolmaster.
(d) The headmistress.

10. What is the architect reluctant to show publicly?
(a) His collection of drawings and sketches.
(b) His diary entries which reflect his mental state.
(c) His poems about Ottilie and Charlotte.
(d) His architectural plans for the restoration of a building.

11. Upon what, to Ottilie, does her future rest?
(a) Her own courage and strength of will.
(b) Charlotte's decision regarding Eduard's plan.
(c) The strength of Eduard's love for her.
(d) Her calling to care for Otto.

12. What is the nature of the solicitor's visit to Charlotte?
(a) The solicitor comes to advise Charlotte with regards to her pending divorce from Eduard.
(b) The solicitor and his client disagree with Charlotte's decision to move the graves in the churchyard.
(c) The solicitor's errand is to serve Charlotte with a court summons from a merchant in the village.
(d) The solicitor's client has decided to sue Charlotte for a large sum related to damaged property.

13. Who helps decorate the building which has been designated for restoration?
(a) Luciane.
(b) Nanni.
(c) Ottilie.
(d) Charlotte.

14. What is the general substance of the note Eduard writes at the place where he awaits Ottilie?
(a) Eduard threatens Ottilie if she does not capitulate to him.
(b) The note details his baroque plans to spirit Ottilie away from the estate.
(c) Whether Ottilie can be his, and whether he can see her in person.
(d) It is a suicide note full of remorse and shame.

15. Where does Eduard go once he is honorably discharged from the military?
(a) The main house of the estate.
(b) The pavilion.
(c) The farmstead.
(d) The chapel.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who "shudders in horror" at the tragedy and why?

2. Whom does Eduard meet unexpectedly as he walks?

3. Whose appearance do the painted decorations of the restored building seem to have?

4. How does Eduard view the tragedy?

5. What are Eduard's plans for Charlotte's future?

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