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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 title of the story the foreign visitor tells Charlotte and Ottilie?
(a) "The Wayward Young Neighbors."
(b) "The Sensible Old Couple."
(c) "The Unfortunate Young Lovers."
(d) "The Passionate Shepherd and Lady."

2. What is Ottilie's relationship with the architect like?
(a) She easily gets frustrated with his incompetence.
(b) She disagrees with him about crucial design elements.
(c) She treats him as if he were her elder brother.
(d) She is madly in love with him.

3. What gift do Charlotte and Ottilie give the architect?
(a) A waistcoat.
(b) A pair of drafter's compasses.
(c) A pair of gloves.
(d) An engraved goblet.

4. Where does Eduard ride to in order to await Ottilie's arrival at the beginning of Part II, Chapter 16?
(a) The lakeshore.
(b) The pavilion.
(c) The farmstead.
(d) The inn.

5. Upon what, to Ottilie, does her future rest?
(a) Her own courage and strength of will.
(b) The strength of Eduard's love for her.
(c) Charlotte's decision regarding Eduard's plan.
(d) Her calling to care for Otto.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the general content of Ottilie's fourth journal entry?

2. How does Charlotte respond to the Major's hopeful question about their future together?

3. Who "shudders in horror" at the tragedy and why?

4. What are Eduard's plans for Charlotte's future?

5. What event marks the newborn's baptism with foreboding?

Short Essay Questions

1. Whom does Eduard meet when he walks through his own estate, and what is the significance of their meeting?

2. Describe the circumstances of Ottilie's death.

3. What is the general substance of Ottilie's fourth journal entry?

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

5. What is the general substance of Ottilie's first journal entry, at the end of Part II, Chapter 2?

6. What is problematic about Luciane's interactions with other people, and what is one example of this?

7. How does the novel end?

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

9. Summarize the reason for the solicitor's visit to Charlotte, which is related at the beginning of Part II.

10. What is the substance of Eduard's proposition to the Major, and the Major's response to it?

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