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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 52, 53, 54, and 55.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What gives Charles a free day to go do some digging?
(a) Ernestina is upset and will not see him.
(b) Ernestina has a migraine.
(c) Ernestina falls on Aunt Tranter's stairs.
(d) Ernestina returns to London.

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

3. What does Charles say to Sarah about forgiving her sin?
(a) That she had not sinned against him.
(b) That he will not withhold his forgiveness.
(c) That she must forgive herself.
(d) That he did not see what she did as a sin.

4. To what animal does Charles compare himself at the time?
(a) A serpent that devours everyone around him.
(b) The hedgehog who curls up in a ball and erects its spines of aristocracy.
(c) A pampered Pekinese dependant on his future father-in-law.
(d) A feral cat who must make his way by stealth and cunning.

5. After the prostitute gets into bed, Charles stares down at her and asks her name. What is her answer?
(a) Sarah
(b) Mary
(c) Victoria
(d) Ernestina

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Ernestina come to Charles' hotel room?

2. Dr. Grogan says he knows more about ________ than what goes on in Sarah's mind.

3. What does Knowles explain the Victorian ending is all about?

4. What is obvious about the size of the dowry Ernestina will bring to a marriage?

5. What does Charles do when Sam comes into his room the following morning?

(see the answer key)

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