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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 female guest find disagreeable in Eduard?
(a) His inability to carry on rational conversation.
(b) His treatment of Charlotte in front of guests.
(c) His apparent passion for Ottilie.
(d) His lack of detail in the landscape planning.

2. How did the master of the estate grow up?
(a) Ignored; he was the youngest of many siblings.
(b) Spoiled; he got everything he wanted.
(c) Lonely; he made no friends.
(d) Impoverished; he lived on the streets.

3. What does Eduard's note demand of Charlotte?
(a) That Charlotte treat Ottilie as an equal, not as a lesser relative.
(b) That Charlotte send Ottilie to live with her great aunt.
(c) That Charlotte move away from the estate and live as a widow.
(d) That Charlotte keep Ottilie at the estate and not send her away.

4. What is one notable pet peeve of the master of the estate?
(a) When others do not sing well enough to suit him.
(b) When others hum off-key when working.
(c) When others talk during meals.
(d) When others read over his shoulder.

5. What prevents Eduard from going through with his plan to keep Ottilie always near him?
(a) Eduard is unable to secure passage into England for himself and Ottilie.
(b) The first letters between him and Ottilie fall and are picked up by others.
(c) The moss hut begins to crumble and fall apart and is not comfortable as a love-nest.
(d) Ottilie's efforts to distract Charlotte are so transparent that Charlotte suspects them both.

Short Answer Questions

1. After Charlotte confronts him, what does Eduard resolve to do?

2. What general plans do Eduard and the captain have for the estate?

3. Who broaches the subject to Eduard of reconciling with Charlotte?

4. Once the Captain leaves, what does Charlotte suggest to Eduard regarding Ottilie?

5. What incident prompts the captain and Charlotte to kiss?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Summarize the event which results in Eduard finding himself attracted to 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. How do the four protagonists' relationships change after Eduard evinces a passion for Ottilie?

7. Describe the Count and the Baroness and the circumstances surrounding them.

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

9. How does Eduard explain to Mittler how he feels and acts?

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

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