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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What event endangers the protagonists of the story?
(a) An attempted murder.
(b) A blazing house fire.
(c) A carriage robbery.
(d) A river yacht crash.

4. What is Eduard's state of mind after Ottilie refuses to be his?
(a) He is contemplative and begins scheming his next move to win her.
(b) He realizes he can have both Charlotte and Ottilie, so he is happy.
(c) He suddenly sees his wrongs and his future clearly and calmly.
(d) He is in the grips of a frantic passion and is not thinking straight.

5. How did Charlotte find out Eduard had joined the military?
(a) An old family friend tells her he saw Eduard after a battle.
(b) She reads his name and his circumstances in a gazette.
(c) She happens to hear the local gossip while in town.
(d) She receives a letter from him explaining his decision.

6. Whose appearance do the painted decorations of the restored building seem to have?
(a) Charlotte's.
(b) Luciane's.
(c) Ottilie's.
(d) Nanni's.

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

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

9. When is the only time Ottilie does not take Otto with her?
(a) When she tidies up her wing of the house.
(b) When she strolls through the woods.
(c) When she rows out on the lake.
(d) When she walks into town.

10. How does Ottilie die?
(a) She jumps to her death from a cliff.
(b) She convinces Nanni to poison her.
(c) She starves herself.
(d) She hangs herself.

11. What creatures does Luciane find amusing?
(a) Monkeys.
(b) Cockatiels.
(c) Elephants.
(d) Dogs.

12. Why is Charlotte agitated by the foreign visitor's tale?
(a) She wonders whether something like the story will happen to her.
(b) She knows that the true story behind the tale involved the Captain.
(c) She feels that the visitor told the tale to deliberately upset her.
(d) She finds the use of humor in the story to be in bad taste.

13. What is the general mood of the household when all four protagonists live there together again?
(a) The mood is cold and everyone is suspicious of everyone else.
(b) All four protagonists find themselves completely contented with the new situation.
(c) The atmosphere in the household is lively and filled with positive ambiance.
(d) It is almost, but not quite, like the serenity and tranquility of how things once were.

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

15. What proposition does Eduard make to the Major?
(a) Ottilie should become the object of the Major's direct amorous attentions in order to throw Charlotte off of Eduard's plan.
(b) The Major should facilitate Eduard's kidnapping of and absconding with Ottilie.
(c) The Major should pretend to love Charlotte, then ruthlessly abandon her to make her pay for her sins.
(d) Eduard and Charlotte divorce so the Major can marry Charlotte and Eduard can marry Ottilie.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the house guest's suggested remedy for children who do not follow in their parents' footsteps?

2. What is Charlotte and Eduard's son to be named?

3. What event marks the newborn's baptism with foreboding?

4. What mistake does Eduard make while leaving the note?

5. Which of Luciane's "experiments in moral regeneration" goes badly wrong?

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