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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part II, Chapters 13-14.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Whom do Otto's facial features resemble?
(a) Charlotte and Eduard.
(b) The Captain and Ottilie.
(c) Ottilie and Charlotte.
(d) Eduard and the Captain.

2. Who addresses the crowd at the foundation stone ceremony?
(a) The beggar.
(b) The mason.
(c) The gardener.
(d) The architect.

3. What experiment does the foreign visitor's companion try on Charlotte and Ottilie?
(a) The scales hypothesis.
(b) The gravity investigation.
(c) The leverage trial.
(d) The pendulum experiment.

4. How does Eduard resolve to fulfill his growing need to be always around Ottilie?
(a) By conducting a secret correspondence with her.
(b) He decides they must run away together.
(c) He asks Ottilie to try to distract Charlotte.
(d) By building a secret love nest out of the moss hut.

5. What is the architect reluctant to show publicly?
(a) His architectural plans for the restoration of a building.
(b) His diary entries which reflect his mental state.
(c) His collection of drawings and sketches.
(d) His poems about Ottilie and Charlotte.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of Luciane's "experiments in moral regeneration" goes badly wrong?

2. What is one notable pet peeve of the master of the estate?

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

4. What is the name of the peasant girl who attaches herself to Ottilie?

5. How does the narrator describe Charlotte when Eduard comes to make love to her?

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