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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part II, Chapters 1-4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Eduard live while away from his estate?
(a) In a farmstead house.
(b) In the newly constructed pavilion.
(c) In a wing of the Count's mansion.
(d) In a room above the town inn.

2. Who broaches the subject to Eduard of reconciling with Charlotte?
(a) Herr Mittler.
(b) The Baroness.
(c) The parson.
(d) The Captain.

3. What is the general substance of Ottilie's second journal entry?
(a) The transience of ownership of art.
(b) Her love for Eduard.
(c) The dichotomy of good and evil.
(d) The state of Charlotte's marriage.

4. How does Eduard view his previous feelings of love, before he loved Ottilie?
(a) As necessary endeavors.
(b) As practice for his future seduction of Ottilie.
(c) As the pinnacles of human feeling.
(d) As mere wastes of time.

5. What seemingly miraculous event occurs at the completion of the foundation stone ceremony?
(a) A crystal goblet disappears instead of shattering on the ground.
(b) Charlotte falls from a cliff but is inexplicably uninjured.
(c) A man has a heart attack but survives and dances a merry jig.
(d) The pitchers which were supposed to contain water contained wine.

Short Answer Questions

1. To whom does the captain find himself irresistibly attracted?

2. Early in the novel, what is the general feeling among the four main occupants of the household?

3. What is the name of Charlotte's daughter?

4. What personal item does Eduard request Ottilie stop wearing?

5. What frightening event mars the celebration Eduard had so carefully planned?

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