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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part II, Chapters 15-18.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Ottilie respond to Luciane's arrival?
(a) By sulking in jealousy.
(b) By plotting revenge against Luciane for past slights.
(c) By going calmly and cheerfully to work.
(d) By becoming more talkative and energetic.

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

3. What does Eduard's note demand of Charlotte?
(a) That Charlotte send Ottilie to live with her great aunt.
(b) That Charlotte keep Ottilie at the estate and not send her away.
(c) That Charlotte treat Ottilie as an equal, not as a lesser relative.
(d) That Charlotte move away from the estate and live as a widow.

4. What does Eduard propose to sell to pay for the main project undertaken by the household?
(a) The southern portion of land.
(b) The main house itself.
(c) The farmstead in the woods.
(d) The chapel in the village.

5. What is one subject of the guests and hosts' conversation during the group's first dinner together?
(a) The new taxation structure favored by the monarchy.
(b) The value of the farmstead and its surrounding fields.
(c) Ottilie's schooling and her future as a governess.
(d) Eduard and Charlotte's early love at court.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Who is married to the owner of the estate?

4. What is the title of the story the foreign visitor tells Charlotte and Ottilie?

5. What is Eduard's plan for his own future?

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