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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. How is Aunt Tranter affected in all of the problems?
(a) She says she never trusted Charles.
(b) She is confused and angry.
(c) She wants to have the police confront Charles.
(d) She thinks it is all for the best.

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

3. How does Charles explain his separation from Ernestina when he visits the club.
(a) He says she is at home visiting her father and gave him the night off.
(b) He says he is on parole while she takes the Dorset waters.
(c) He says he had pressing business in London but she wanted to stay in Lyme.
(d) He says she is too busy planning the wedding.

4. Where does Charles go after leaving Sarah?
(a) To his hotel room
(b) To find Sam
(c) To a church
(d) To the carriage depot

5. Where does the cab deliver Charles and the prostitute?
(a) At a bordello
(b) At a cheap hotel
(c) At Chrale's Kensington home
(d) At her flat

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Knowles say modern society has destroyed by throwing over the aura of mystery about sex?

2. What gimmick does Knowles use as an ending of the story in Chapter 44?

3. What does Charles observe about American women?

4. What kind of morning greets Charles as he begins his walk to meet Sarah?

5. What is Mrs. Endicott's Bible?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are the consequences of Charles' decision to break his engagement?

2. After Charles cannot locate Sarah, even with private detectives, what action does he take?

3. What effect does Charles' gift to Ernestina have on her, even after she is upset that he did not bring flowers?

4. What actions does Charles take after leaving the Endicott Family Hotel?

5. Describe Charles' actions after leaving the Freeman mansion.

6. Why does Charles escape a second time to London.

7. What advice does Dr. Grogan give Charles in a letter?

8. What are the major events of the next day when Charles has returned from Exeter?

9. What is a bigger surprise to Charles than discovering that his prostitute has a baby?

10. What shocking revelation comes to Charles after he gets out of Sarah's bed?

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