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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 does the schoolmaster's second letter say about Ottilie, in general?
(a) That she is intelligent, but not suited to the environment of the school.
(b) That she is one of the stupidest girls at the school, and he recommends she be sent home.
(c) That she is a troublemaker and that the other girls fear and shun her.
(d) That she is the first girl of the school and has won all the year's academic prizes.

2. What seemingly miraculous event occurs at the completion of the foundation stone ceremony?
(a) Charlotte falls from a cliff but is inexplicably uninjured.
(b) The pitchers which were supposed to contain water contained wine.
(c) A crystal goblet disappears instead of shattering on the ground.
(d) A man has a heart attack but survives and dances a merry jig.

3. How do Eduard, Charlotte, and the captain speak of the concept of elective affinities?
(a) In terms of apples, oranges, bananas, and pears.
(b) In terms of men, women, children, and animals.
(c) In terms of 1, 2, 3, and 4.
(d) In terms of A, B, C, and D.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What building do the companions find, with pleasure, that can easily hold all four of them?

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

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

4. How do Eduard and Ottilie unexpectedly prove their compatibility with one another?

5. What significant physical condition is revealed about Charlotte in Part I, Chapter 18?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does Ottilie act around the others when she arrives at the estate?

3. Who is Herr Mittler, and what do Charlotte and Eduard ask for his help with?

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

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

6. What does Eduard decide to do to further his relationship with Ottilie, and how does this attempt end up?

7. How do the four protagonists' relationships change after Eduard evinces a passion for Ottilie?

8. What counteroffer does Charlotte make to Eduard's proposal of the Captain's visit?

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

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

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