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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part I, Chapters 16-18.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is notable about the letters Eduard writes to Ottilie?
(a) The letters always come back in the post as "undeliverable."
(b) Eduard also writes responses and signs them with Ottilie's name.
(c) The content of the letters is illegible, mad gibberish.
(d) Charlotte intercepts the letters and answers them in Ottilie's handwriting.

2. What event leads Eduard to begin to be physically attracted to Ottilie?
(a) Eduard finds that she has written of him in her diary.
(b) Ottilie "accidentally" falls into Eduard's arms in the drawing room.
(c) They take the wrong path and get lost while walking.
(d) They begin a secret correspondence in which they admit their desires.

3. What becomes the focus of Eduard's efforts regarding the landscape improvements around the estate?
(a) Privileging Ottilie's joy and comfort in the landscape.
(b) Conceding to the mason's professional opinion of the architecture.
(c) Accommodating Charlotte's desired shapes and tones in the gardening.
(d) Obeying the Captain's directions regarding the precise placement of decorative elements.

4. What is the name of the first character introduced in the novel?
(a) Ottilie.
(b) Eduard.
(c) Charlotte.
(d) Gardener.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What building do the captain and Eduard decide to construct on the grounds of the estate?

2. What act of submissiveness does Charlotte warn Ottilie against?

3. What letter does the Captain keep secret from his friends?

4. What does the female guest find disagreeable in Eduard?

5. Where have the two young women mentioned in Part I, Chapter 1, been living for some years?

(see the answer key)

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