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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 44, 45, 46, and 47.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Dr. Grogan suggest?
(a) That he will handle the matter with Sarah and Charles must go away.
(b) That Charles insists on eloping with Ernestina at once.
(c) That Charles see Sarah and make up his mind who he loves.
(d) That Dr. Grogan himself goes to find out what Sarah really wants.

2. Why does Charles not tell Mrs. Tranter and Ernestina of his chance meeting with Sarah on the Ware Commons?
(a) He sees that the women are too involved in other gossip.
(b) He doesn't know how to begin telling them.
(c) He forgets that it ever happened.
(d) He has now become obsessed with the enigma of Sarah.

3. What does Knowles explain the Victorian ending is all about?
(a) An exercise in literary speculation.
(b) Charles' imagination of how things would end.
(c) Ernestina's dream the night before Charles returns to Lyme.
(d) A means of explaining the Victorian mentality.

4. What metaphor does Charles use to describe his guilt of lying about Sarah?
(a) King Arthur lusting for Morgan Le Fey.
(b) Robin Hood denouncing Maid Marian as a strumpet.
(c) Sir Lancelot casting blame on the Lady of the Lake.
(d) Sir Galahad showing Guinevere to be a whore.

5. What is the objection of Mrs. Poulteney and others like her to the Assembly Rooms?
(a) The toilets are in full view of the windows.
(b) The architecture is too plain and stark.
(c) They promote whist, cigar smoking, balls, and other pleasures.
(d) The rooms are too small and stuffy.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Sam do after leaving Charles in his room at the Ship?

2. Why does Mrs. Endicott allow Charles to go up to Sarah's room?

3. What does Dr. Grogan do in his speech to Charles?

4. What does Mrs. Poulteney say of rumors about Mary, Mrs. Tranter's maid?

5. What does Charles find inside the old shed?

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