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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 44, 45, 46, and 47.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why did Charles urge Ernestina to disagree with him about something?
(a) He does not want people to think theirs iss a Christian marriage.
(b) He is sure that he is not always right and wants her opinion.
(c) He is feeling like a Turkish pasha because of her deferring to him.
(d) It is just another of his silly jokes that Ernestina seldom understands.

2. What gimmick does Knowles use as an ending of the story in Chapter 44?
(a) The story as it would have been written in Victorian England.
(b) A story within a story that has no ending.
(c) A flashback to the time Ernestine was sixteen.
(d) The breakup of Charles' engagement to Ernestine.

3. How does Ernestina react to Charles' suggestion that they elope and go to Paris?
(a) She runs to pack her bag.
(b) She laughs uproarously.
(c) She calls the idea wickedness.
(d) She faints and falls into a chair.

4. What does Sam do after leaving Charles in his room at the Ship?
(a) Goes and hides out of sight across from the Endicott's Family Hotel.
(b) Goes to the telegraph office to send a message to Mary.
(c) Finds himself a cheap hotel for the night.
(d) Goes to the kitchen and orders a large meal charged to Charles.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What transpires between Mrs. Tranter and Sarah?

2. What is the objection of Mrs. Poulteney and others like her to the Assembly Rooms?

3. What does Mrs. Poulteney say of rumors about Mary, Mrs. Tranter's maid?

4. What does Sarah suggest Mrs. Poulteney do with her severance pay?

5. What does Dr. Grogan do in his speech to Charles?

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