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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 14, 15, 16, and 17.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Mrs. Talbot decide not to rehire Sarah Woodruff?
(a) Her husband flatly refuses to have Sarah back.
(b) She thinks Sarah's experience with the lieutenant would impair her concentration on the children.
(c) She is aghast at the brazenness of Sarah for even coming to see her.
(d) She is afraid of her neighbors' gossip.

2. What is Ernestina's great fear about marriage?
(a) The dread of being seen naked.
(b) The pain and brutality of sex.
(c) The sinfulness of sex.
(d) The idea of becoming amother.

3. How does Knowles pull himself into the novel in Chapter 13?
(a) With questions regarding his methods and purposes for writing the story.
(b) As a novel critique presupposing what the real critics might say.
(c) As a counterpart to Charles whose experiences have been different.
(d) As a bystander who can attest to the truth of the story.

4. What is Knowles' description of Charles as a palaeontologist?
(a) As gifted by lazy.
(b) As an ungifted scientist.
(c) As much ahead of his time.
(d) As an authority many scientists deferred to.

5. What is the action between Charles and his servant, Sam, on the bright sunny morning in Dorset?
(a) At odds with one another.
(b) Silent and moody.
(c) Stern and overbearing.
(d) Playful and teasing.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Charles thought of as an interesting young man?

2. What transpires between Mrs. Tranter and Sarah?

3. How did Charles' father rid him of the desire to become a priest?

4. How does Sarah appear as she stands at her windowsill at night looking out to sea?

5. Upon whose word does Mr. Forsythe, vicar of Lyme, rely to recommend Sarah?

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