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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. Whom does Eduard meet unexpectedly as he walks?
(a) Nanni.
(b) Ottilie.
(c) Charlotte.
(d) Mathilde.

2. What does Charlotte warn Ottilie about, during their discussion of Ottilie's preferred vocation?
(a) The desire to run away and start a new life, which is difficult.
(b) The impulse toward suicide, which is sinful and perilous.
(c) The idea that her world can once again be make whole.
(d) The dangers of letting go of the object of one's passion.

3. What is the nature of the solicitor's visit to Charlotte?
(a) The solicitor and his client disagree with Charlotte's decision to move the graves in the churchyard.
(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's errand is to serve Charlotte with a court summons from a merchant in the village.

4. What signal does Eduard arrange with the Major to notify him of his plan's success?
(a) Smoke signals from a fire on the ridge.
(b) The shrill blast of a trumpet.
(c) Cannon fire or fireworks.
(d) A messenger boy sent on a horse.

5. 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 inn.
(d) The farmstead.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the general mood of the household when all four protagonists live there together again?

3. Whose observations on the landscape of the estate serve to enrich Charlotte and Ottilie's experience of the land?

4. What building does the architect persuade Charlotte to restore?

5. What is the general substance of Ottilie's second journal entry?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the first faux pas the foreign visitor commits, and why is it a social flub?

2. What amusement does the Count suggest should occupy Luciane's energies?

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

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

5. How does Ottilie respond to the tragedy involving herself and Otto?

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

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

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

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

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

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