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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. Why does Emma send Harriet away?
(a) To protect her from learning of Emma's engagement to Mr. George Knightley.
(b) Because she wants to protect her from all the wedding plans taking place around her, to keep her from becoming depressed.
(c) To keep her from ruining Emma's wedding plans.
(d) Because she is tired of spending time with her.

2. What is the urgent message Mrs. Weston has for Emma?
(a) That Mrs. Weston is about to deliver her baby.
(b) That Mr. Churchill has been engaged to Miss Fairfax for months.
(c) That Harriet has become engaged to Mr. Martin.
(d) That Miss Fairfax has eloped with Mr. Churchill.

3. Why does Emma try to keep word of the incident from her father?
(a) Emma is afraid he will want to fix the situation himself.
(b) Emma knows it will only upset him.
(c) Emma worries it will cause her father to become ill.
(d) Emma knows her father will not approve of Harriet being alone with Mr. Churchill.

4. Who befriends Miss Fairfax in the beginning of Volume 2, Chapter 15?
(a) Mrs. Elton.
(b) Mrs. Weston.
(c) Harriet.
(d) Emma.

5. Why does Emma believe she cannot move to Donwell Abbey after she marries Mr. George Knightley?
(a) Because she does not like Donwell Abbey and neither does her father.
(b) Because her father would not be able to move there and cannot be left alone.
(c) Because Donwell Abbey is too large for her to care for along with her father.
(d) Because she cannot imagine leaving Hartfield or her father.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Mrs. Elton's picnic at Box Hill delayed?

2. Why would Emma think Mr. Churchill's engagement might upset Harriet?

3. What does Harriet think of the newly married couple?

4. What is the baby named?

5. How does the revelation of the father of Harriet change her social status upon her marriage?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who else becomes engaged? To whom?

2. Why does Mr. Knightley dislike Mr. Churchill? Does this influence the comments he makes to Emma regarding Mr. Churchill and Miss Fairfax?

3. Who complains about the accoutrements of the wedding as Emma and Mr. Knightley are wed?

4. What prompts the Westons to return to their plans to throw a ball?

5. Who does Emma decide to match Harriet with next?

6. What convinces Emma she is not in love with Mr. Churchill? Who does Emma think would be a good match for Mr. Churchill?

7. What does Emma learn when she visits the Bateses after Mrs. Elton's party at Box Hill?

8. How does Miss Fairfax react to Emma's attempts to apologize for her past behavior?

9. Who is Emma afraid will be crushed by the news of Mr. Churchill's engagement?

10. Who has gotten married? What does Emma think of this match?

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