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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 7, 8, 9, and 10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the action between Charles and his servant, Sam, on the bright sunny morning in Dorset?
(a) At odds with one another.
(b) Playful and teasing.
(c) Stern and overbearing.
(d) Silent and moody.

2. In trying to be Victorian polite, what does Ernestina call the woman they see on the Cobb?
(a) Old Mrs. Poulteney's companion.
(b) The lady of the night.
(c) A woman just a bit crazy.
(d) The French lieutenant's. . .woman.

3. How does the butler sum up the feelings of Mrs. Poulteney's staff?
(a) You, madam, have not devined that slavery is over.
(b) Madam, I should rather the poor house than another week under your roof.
(c) Meanness and gluttony describe you perfectly, madam.
(d) Madam, I shall shake the dust from my shoes as I leave.

4. What terrible image does Mrs. Talbot have from the literature she reads?
(a) A picture of Sarah reduced to working in a house of ill repute.
(b) A picture of Sarah after jumping from a cliff.
(c) A picture of Sarah begging on the streets.
(d) A picture of Sarah dying of starvation.

5. What is Ernestina's great fear about marriage?
(a) The sinfulness of sex.
(b) The dread of being seen naked.
(c) The pain and brutality of sex.
(d) The idea of becoming amother.

Short Answer Questions

1. What investments had Charles' father made?

2. What causes Sarah and the lieutenant to be thrown together in Capt. Talbot's house?

3. Where does Charles establish his quarters after his father's death?

4. What is Sarah's position in Charmouth?

5. What title did Charles' grandfather hold?

(see the answer key)

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