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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 is all the gossip centering around this person about?
(a) Miss Hawkins' reported beauty and wealth.
(b) Emma's failed attempt at matching Mr. Elton to Harriet.
(c) Mr. Churchill's secret engagement.
(d) Miss Fairfax's affair with a married man.

2. What complaint does Mr. Woodhouse have regarding the food served at a dinner party at Hartfield?
(a) It is too wholesome.
(b) It is too salty.
(c) It is too cold.
(d) It is not wholesome enough.

3. Who has recently left the Woodhouse home in order to marry?
(a) Miss Taylor, Emma's governess.
(b) Harriet, Emma's friend.
(c) Mr. Woodhouse, Emma's father.
(d) Mr. Knightley, Emma's brother-in-law.

4. Who is Emma planning to spend the evening with at Randall's?
(a) The Knightleys.
(b) The Eltons.
(c) The Westons.
(d) The Bates.

5. Who arrives at Highbury int he beginning of Volume 1, Chapter 11?
(a) Mr. Churchill.
(b) Isabella and her family.
(c) Mr. George Knightley.
(d) Mrs. Weston.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Emma's first impression of the mysterious Mr. Churchill?

2. Who would prefer to avoid all talk about Miss Fairfax?

3. What is Mrs. Bates' relationship to Miss Fairfax?

4. What does Mr. Churchill try to make Miss Fairfax confess?

5. Who do Emma and Harriet run into while Emma escorts Harriet to Ford's to buy fabric?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Mr. Churchill do that causes Emma to rethink her opinion of him? How does it affect Mr. Knightley's opinion of Mr. Churchill?

2. What subject does Miss Fairfax refuse to elaborate on with Emma?

3. Who asks Emma to save him the first two dances at the ball the Westons are planning?

4. What change has occurred in the Woodhouse home recently?

5. Who does Emma want to pair with her neighbor, Mr. Elton, in a matchmaking attempt?

6. What visitor to the Bates household does Emma not want to see?

7. What does Emma decide to do in order to bring Mr. Elton and Harriet together?

8. What is Mr. John Knightley's relationship to Emma? To Mr. Knightley?

9. What happens when Emma maneuvers to leave Mr. Elton and Harriet alone together?

10. How does Mr. Elton react when he learns Harriet cannot attend a party due to a sore throat?

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