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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 the first character introduced in the novel?
(a) Charlotte.
(b) Gardener.
(c) Eduard.
(d) Ottilie.

2. How do Eduard and Charlotte act in front of the others the morning after they sleep together?
(a) As if they are proud to have reaffirmed their love.
(b) As if they are suspicious of the thoughts of others.
(c) As if they are ashamed and contrite of their actions.
(d) As if nothing has passed between them the night before.

3. Who broaches the subject to Eduard of reconciling with Charlotte?
(a) The parson.
(b) The Baroness.
(c) The Captain.
(d) Herr Mittler.

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

5. Who visits Charlotte and decides to take her news back to Eduard?
(a) The Captain.
(b) Herr Mittler.
(c) The Count.
(d) The architect.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Eduard plan to celebrate the finishing of the landscape improvements, as well as to show his affection for Ottilie?

2. What nickname do both the master of the estate and his male guest share?

3. What does the schoolmaster's second letter say about Ottilie, in general?

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

5. How did the master of the estate grow up?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. Summarize the concept of "elective affinities," and describe how the Captain, Eduard, and Charlotte formulate their discussion of this concept.

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