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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is notable about the letters Eduard writes to Ottilie?
(a) The letters always come back in the post as "undeliverable."
(b) Eduard also writes responses and signs them with Ottilie's name.
(c) The content of the letters is illegible, mad gibberish.
(d) Charlotte intercepts the letters and answers them in Ottilie's handwriting.

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

3. Where does Eduard live while away from his estate?
(a) In a wing of the Count's mansion.
(b) In a room above the town inn.
(c) In the newly constructed pavilion.
(d) In a farmstead house.

4. Who is married to the owner of the estate?
(a) Luciane.
(b) Charlotte.
(c) Mathilde.
(d) Ottilie.

5. What does Eduard focus on in his solitude?
(a) His business prospects.
(b) His desire for death.
(c) His quarrels with Mittler.
(d) His passion for Ottilie.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the second main project the male guest of the estate proposes to his hosts?

2. What does the male guest criticize about the estate?

3. How does Charlotte respond to Eduard's passion for Ottilie?

4. What activity does the male guest propose to his hosts upon his first look at the lands around the estate?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Summarize the event which results in Eduard finding himself attracted to Ottilie.

2. What is the substance of Charlotte and Eduard's argument at the beginning of Part I, Chapter 16, and how is it resolved?

3. What event leads to a sexually charged encounter between Charlotte and the Captain, and how does Charlotte react to it?

4. What does the Baroness discover about Eduard, and how does she react to it?

5. Describe Eduard's and the Captain's interactions with members of the lower social classes.

6. What does Mittler do regarding Charlotte and Eduard's tense situation?

7. How does Eduard change in the wake of his realization of his passion for Ottilie?

8. Summarize the letters from the headmistress and the schoolmaster.

9. How does Ottilie and Charlotte's relationship change in Part I, Chapter 17?

10. Summarize the events which occur on Ottilie's birthday.

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