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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What characteristics make Aunt Tranter very special?
(a) Wealth and generosity.
(b) Optimism and making the best of everything for all.
(c) Plumpness and a jocular spirit.
(d) High moral and religious values.

2. What is Charles' quandary over Sarah's disappearance?
(a) If she committed suicide, she may have left a not implicating him.
(b) He suspects she may be prepared to blackmail him.
(c) If she is alive, he knows where she probably is but cannot tell anyone.
(d) If she is still alive, he has a responsibility to her.

3. What is Charles' plan for maintaining distance from Sarah.
(a) To tell Ernestina all about his meetings with her.
(b) To avoid her at all costs.
(c) To gently remind her of their social difference.
(d) To put a time limit on their meetings.

4. What criminal idea pops into Sam's head?
(a) Finding Sarah and forcing her to have sex with him.
(b) Blackmailing Ernestina to prevent him from destroying Charles.
(c) Finding Sarah and killing her to protect Charles.
(d) Blackmailing Charles because he knows about his meeting with Sarah.

5. THE FRENCH LIEUTENANT'S WOMAN takes place in what historical era?
(a) Edwardian.
(b) Elizabethan.
(c) Victorian.
(d) Roman.

Short Answer Questions

1. What expression applied to a boy or girl is guaranteed to despoil their reputation for life?

2. What is Sarah's position in Charmouth?

3. What had the servants at Winsyatt gossiped about Charles as he visited his uncle.

4. What transpires between Mrs. Tranter and Sarah?

5. When Charles and Sarah leave the secluded place, who do they meet coming up toward them?

Short Essay Questions

1. What makes Ernestina laugh uncontrollably and Aunt Tranter fear she and Charles might be having a quarrel?

2. Describe the nature of the surprise Ernestina and Charles plan for Aunt Tranter.

3. What is Sarah's gift that makes her more intelligent than most Victorian women?

4. What had prompted Charles and Ernestina to come to Lyme Regis?

5. What is special about the Ware Commons?

6. What saves Charles from having to explain why he has been playing with fire?

7. What is Mrs. Poulteney's idea about God?

8. What kind of day is it when Charles fist meets Sarah Woodruff alone?

9. Why is Mrs. Poulteney troubled by the parable of the widow's mite?

10. The morning Ernestina has a migraine, describe Charles' acting as a moth being drawn to a flame.

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