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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. Whose appearance do the painted decorations of the restored building seem to have?
(a) Nanni's.
(b) Ottilie's.
(c) Charlotte's.
(d) Luciane's.

2. What is the nature of the solicitor's visit to Charlotte?
(a) The solicitor's errand is to serve Charlotte with a court summons from a merchant in the village.
(b) The solicitor's client has decided to sue Charlotte for a large sum related to damaged property.
(c) The solicitor comes to advise Charlotte with regards to her pending divorce from Eduard.
(d) The solicitor and his client disagree with Charlotte's decision to move the graves in the churchyard.

3. What is the architect reluctant to show publicly?
(a) His architectural plans for the restoration of a building.
(b) His poems about Ottilie and Charlotte.
(c) His diary entries which reflect his mental state.
(d) His collection of drawings and sketches.

4. How does Eduard's part in the story end?
(a) He rekindles his love for Charlotte but never forgets Ottilie.
(b) He is found dead one day by no apparent cause.
(c) He decides to rejoin the military and dies in battle.
(d) He blinds himself and wanders the roads as a beggar.

5. What are the conditions on which Charlotte offers herself to the Major?
(a) The Major must duel to the death with Eduard, thus proving the power of his love for her.
(b) She and the Major must be married right away so that she can try to have another child soon.
(c) Ottilie must never be turned out of their house but can never socialize with them again.
(d) Ottilie must be willing to unite with Eduard, and that Eduard and the Major leave the house for a time.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the Major and Eduard first do when they are reunited?

2. Where does Eduard wait, at least for a little while, while the Major relays Eduard's plan to Charlotte?

3. What faux pas does the foreign visitor's companion notice?

4. How does Ottilie respond to Eduard's note?

5. What motion does Ottilie make that distinctly translates her desires for the future?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Charlotte and Ottilie's relationship change after Otto's death?

2. What is the schoolmaster's general philosophy on teaching?

3. What plans does the architect have for the church?

4. What event at the end of Part II, Chapter 8, is saturated with both happiness and grave foreboding, and how?

5. What foreign visitor comes to the estate, and how do his views impact Charlotte and Ottilie?

6. Where does Eduard go to meet Ottilie, and what are the circumstances of their meeting?

7. How does Eduard respond to the tragedy involving Ottilie and Otto?

8. In Part II, Chapter 9, where does Charlotte decide to live for a short time, and why?

9. How does Charlotte discover Eduard has rejoined the military, and how does she respond to this news?

10. What does Eduard plan with the Major regarding their relationships with Charlotte and Ottilie?

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