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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 the name of Charlotte's daughter?
(a) Ottilie.
(b) Nanni.
(c) Luciane.
(d) Gertrude.

2. What building do the companions find, with pleasure, that can easily hold all four of them?
(a) The moss hut.
(b) The chapel.
(c) The pavilion.
(d) The main house.

3. What act of submissiveness does Charlotte warn Ottilie against?
(a) Walking slowly to accommodate the pace of the elderly.
(b) Stooping to pick up something dropped by a man.
(c) Deferring to one's host in conversation.
(d) Lowering one's eyes before royalty.

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

5. What subject do Eduard and his male guest discuss in the night?
(a) The fleeting constancy of their wives.
(b) The questionable politics of the Captain.
(c) Their old amorous adventures at court.
(d) Their history working for the provincial governor.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whom does the master of the estate propose come to live with himself and his wife?

2. What do Eduard and Charlotte disagree strongly about in the wake of the frightening event during the festivities?

3. What activity are the married couple primarily engaged in at the beginning of the novel?

4. What habit does Eduard change as a result of Ottilie's presence and influence?

5. What does the female guest find disagreeable in Eduard?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where on the estate do the four protagonists increase their work, and for what coming occasion?

2. For what reason does the foursome decide to build a pavilion?

3. What sudden action does Eduard take after the Captain leaves the household?

4. Describe Eduard's character, as the narrator paints it early in the novel.

5. What changes in the Captain's future situation come to light in Part I, Chapter 14?

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

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

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

9. What confusion does Eduard experience, after conducting the Count to a midnight visit with the Baroness?

10. What is the general substance of the mason's address during the ceremony of the foundation stone of the pavilion?

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