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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 general mood of the household when all four protagonists live there together again?
(a) The atmosphere in the household is lively and filled with positive ambiance.
(b) It is almost, but not quite, like the serenity and tranquility of how things once were.
(c) All four protagonists find themselves completely contented with the new situation.
(d) The mood is cold and everyone is suspicious of everyone else.

2. What decision does Ottilie make that breaks her usual care and good sense?
(a) To take Otto up a very steep and narrow cliffside path.
(b) To leave Otto in the care of a young village girl.
(c) To lay Otto down on the shoreline and walk alone.
(d) To row across the lake with Otto aboard.

3. What is the premise of the story told by the foreign visitor?
(a) A young couple spends many happy days together, but on the eve of their wedding tragedy strikes both of them.
(b) A young peasant feels he is destined to marry a fine lady, and he accomplishes seemingly impossible tasks in order to win her heart.
(c) Two young people who are incompatible as youths find themselves attracted to one another as they become adults.
(d) An elderly couple that gets pleasure by meddling in others' lives finds that it is prudent to mind one's own business.

4. What activity does the Count suggest would benefit from Luciane's personality?
(a) Concentrating on painting and drawing.
(b) Impersonating tableaux from famous paintings.
(c) Studying the piano to become a famous musician.
(d) Singing famous and worshipful psalms.

5. What new feature of Eduard's character makes him more like Ottilie?
(a) His handwriting becomes more like Ottilie's.
(b) He loses his voice.
(c) He eats less and less.
(d) He suffers from one-sided headaches.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What activity of Luciane's, meant to amuse the company, ends up with Luciane looking foolish?

3. What event precipitates the arrival of Charlotte's daughter at the estate?

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

5. What proposition does Eduard make to the Major?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. What decision does Ottilie make that she normally never would, and what are the results of it?

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

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

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

10. Describe the circumstances of Ottilie's death.

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