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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What activity does the Count suggest would benefit from Luciane's personality?
(a) Impersonating tableaux from famous paintings.
(b) Studying the piano to become a famous musician.
(c) Concentrating on painting and drawing.
(d) Singing famous and worshipful psalms.

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

4. What building does the architect persuade Charlotte to restore?
(a) The boathouse.
(b) The pavilion.
(c) The church.
(d) The stables.

5. What is the premise of the story told by the foreign visitor?
(a) Two young people who are incompatible as youths find themselves attracted to one another as they become adults.
(b) An elderly couple that gets pleasure by meddling in others' lives finds that it is prudent to mind one's own business.
(c) A young couple spends many happy days together, but on the eve of their wedding tragedy strikes both of them.
(d) A young peasant feels he is destined to marry a fine lady, and he accomplishes seemingly impossible tasks in order to win her heart.

6. What new feature of Eduard's character makes him more like Ottilie?
(a) His handwriting becomes more like Ottilie's.
(b) He loses his voice.
(c) He suffers from one-sided headaches.
(d) He eats less and less.

7. Why does Ottilie avoid a path by the side of the lake?
(a) The place fills her with dread and she gets a headache.
(b) She once fell from that path and hurt herself.
(c) The path reminds her of her lost lover.
(d) She has been warned by the townsfolk that the path is cursed.

8. What decision does Ottilie make that breaks her usual care and good sense?
(a) To take Otto up a very steep and narrow cliffside path.
(b) To leave Otto in the care of a young village girl.
(c) To row across the lake with Otto aboard.
(d) To lay Otto down on the shoreline and walk alone.

9. What effect does the foreign visitor to the estate have on Ottilie, when he expounds upon the uselessness of over improving the land?
(a) Ottilie finds herself questioning her design sense.
(b) Ottilie feels offended by the man's presumption.
(c) Ottilie agrees wholeheartedly with the man.
(d) Ottilie is disillusioned and in agony.

10. When Eduard leaves the place where he had been waiting for the Major, where does he go?
(a) The main house.
(b) The lakeshore.
(c) The chapel.
(d) The pavilion.

11. What specific question of Eduard's is Ottilie able to answer with a nod in the affirmative?
(a) Would she would like to live with her great aunt?
(b) Would she like to go back to Charlotte?
(c) Would she like to return to the boarding school?
(d) Will she consent to be Eduard's wife?

12. In the wake of the tragedy, what is Charlotte and Ottilie's relationship with each other like?
(a) They appear reasonable and good willed, but cannot repair their friendship.
(b) They rekindle their friendship and grow even closer than before.
(c) They walk around in a daze never noticing each other.
(d) They grow cold and distant, and they constantly plot against one another.

13. Who is the Major?
(a) A friend of the Count's.
(b) Formerly the Captain.
(c) A cousin of Eduard's.
(d) A former flame of the Baroness's.

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

15. Upon what date does the completion of the restoration of the building occur?
(a) The eve of the Captain's birthday.
(b) The anniversary of Eduard and Charlotte's wedding.
(c) The anniversary of Ottilie's arrival at the estate.
(d) The eve of Eduard's birthday.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which unexpected visitor arrives during the performance of the artistic activity planned by the architect?

2. What does the narrator consider to be the conflicting sides of Luciane's character?

3. 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?

4. How does Eduard view the tragedy?

5. What building does Charlotte decide she and Ottilie will live in for a period of time?

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