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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 are Eduard's plans for Charlotte's future?
(a) She and Ottilie will leave the estate in order to travel.
(b) She will die alone for her sins.
(c) She will keep the estate running with the help of the Major.
(d) She and Eduard will rekindle their love for one another.

2. Who helps decorate the building which has been designated for restoration?
(a) Ottilie.
(b) Nanni.
(c) Luciane.
(d) Charlotte.

3. Why does Ottilie avoid a path by the side of the lake?
(a) The path reminds her of her lost lover.
(b) She has been warned by the townsfolk that the path is cursed.
(c) She once fell from that path and hurt herself.
(d) The place fills her with dread and she gets a headache.

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

5. How does Charlotte respond to the Major's hopeful question about their future together?
(a) "All of us but one deserve the future you hold so dear."
(b) "You and Ottilie may still have a future; Eduard and I have nothing but our past."
(c) "We have not deserved to be unhappy, but neither have we deserved to be happy together."
(d) "When my heart is no longer heavy, then we shall see if it can once more be happy."

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Whom do Otto's facial features resemble?

3. What was the architect's reason for not wishing his drawings to be shown to the whole company, as Luciane had entreated and Ottilie had encouraged?

4. What artistic activity does the architect plan for Ottilie to be centrally involved in?

5. Who had encouraged the house guest to come to the estate?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. How does the novel end?

6. How does Charlotte respond to the tragedy involving Ottilie and Otto?

7. What are Charlotte's views of memorials?

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

9. Briefly describe Luciane, Charlotte's daughter from her first marriage.

10. How do Eduard, Charlotte, and Ottilie act once they are all living in the same house together again?

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