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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 14, 15, 16, and 17.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What double duty does Sam perform at Mrs. Tranter's door?
(a) He delivers the flowers for Ernestina and an invitation to a dance for Mary.
(b) He delivers the flowers along with a singing telegram.
(c) He delivers Charles' bouquet for Ernestina and a smaller one for Mary, the maid.
(d) He recites a poem to Mary as he gives her the flowers for Ernestina.

2. On the bright, sunny morning in Lyme, how does Ernestina awaken?
(a) Too late to see Charles who had already left for a walk.
(b) Bright and bubbly, anxious to see Charles.
(c) In a mood that the brilliance of the morning only aggravated.
(d) Afraid that exposure to sunlight would darken her skin.

3. How did Charles' father rid him of the desire to become a priest?
(a) By sending him to Paris for six months.
(b) By threatening to cut off his inheritance.
(c) By increasing his allowance.
(d) By taking Charles to a brothel.

4. What does Knowles say has served as a substitute for experience in Sarah Woodruff?
(a) Lectures from her father.
(b) Her first class education.
(c) The advice of older women.
(d) Fiction and poetry.

5. What does Mrs. Poulteney say of rumors about Mary, Mrs. Tranter's maid?
(a) This this morning she was seen talking to a person.
(b) That she was meeting a young man behind the dairy.
(c) That she had been walking on the Ware Commons.
(d) That she had been seen at the pub.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Knowles' opinion of the way Charles is dressed for his brisk walk?

2. How do the simpering daughters of the Lady seduce Charles in order to snare him as a husband for one of them?

3. What title did Charles' grandfather hold?

4. What does Charles enjoy about his relationship to Sam?

5. When Sarah turns to look at Charles, how does he describe the look?

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