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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What gift do Charlotte and Ottilie give the architect?
2. What is the general substance of Ottilie's second journal entry?
3. What do the Major and Eduard first do when they are reunited?
4. What building does Charlotte decide she and Ottilie will live in for a period of time?
5. What event precipitates the arrival of Charlotte's daughter at the estate?
Short Essay Questions
1. Summarize the reason for the solicitor's visit to Charlotte, which is related at the beginning of Part II.
2. How does the novel end?
3. What is the first faux pas the foreign visitor commits, and why is it a social flub?
4. Where does Eduard go to meet Ottilie, and what are the circumstances of their meeting?
5. How does Eduard respond to the tragedy involving Ottilie and Otto?
6. How do Eduard, Charlotte, and Ottilie act once they are all living in the same house together again?
7. Briefly describe Luciane, Charlotte's daughter from her first marriage.
8. What amusement does the Count suggest should occupy Luciane's energies?
9. What is problematic about Luciane's interactions with other people, and what is one example of this?
10. How does Ottilie respond to the tragedy involving herself and Otto?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Consider the form, style, and content of the novel as a whole. What is the style of narrative discourse in which Goethe generally writes? What type of narrator is Goethe's narrator, and how does he use this figure as a mediation between the story and the reader? What are the effects on the narrative when the narrator occasionally switches verb tense? How does the occasional interspersion of letters and journal entries affect the "flow" of the novel, the reader's perspective of the characters, and the plot itself? How does this story fit into the genre of the novel?
Essay Topic 2
Choose three symbolic objects, characters, places, or events in the novel and discuss their significance to the plot, character development, thematic evolution, and the narrative as a whole. Some examples of symbolism include: Ottilie's miniature portrait of her father; the crystal goblet engraved with "EO;" the moss hut and pavilion; the various celebrations for characters' birthdays; Eduard's decision to rejoin the military; the events at Otto's baptism; Ottilie's Moroccan chest; the fireworks at the lake; the relationship between the Count and the Baroness; the contract; the restoration of the chapel; Otto's death; Charlotte's changes to the burial grounds in the churchyard; and so on. What do your selected symbols mean for the characters in the novel and do they differ from how you the reader interpret them in your analysis of the narrative as a whole?
Essay Topic 3
Examine the significance of Ottilie's death, the circumstances surrounding it, and her specific method of death. What are the indirect and direct causes of her death, and what event or events precipitate her death? Can "starving" be related to any other instance, theme, interaction between characters, or symbol in the novel? Was Ottilie's death and her method of killing herself foreshadowed anywhere else in the novel? Who, if anyone, can be considered culpable in Ottilie's death, if it was a suicide? How does the method of Ottilie's death reflect her characteristic reliance on fate and on her own inaction (or the actions of others) throughout the rest of the novel?
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