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

2. What transpires between Mrs. Tranter and Sarah?
(a) An approval of Mrs. Poulteney.
(b) An invitation and acceptance of a visit to Mrs. Tranter's house.
(c) A challenge of sorts to see who would break first.
(d) Looks of revulsion.

3. What begins to trouble Charles about his engagement to Ernestina?
(a) That Ernestina is far too young for him and would leave him for a younger man.
(b) That he has been too conventional in his choice and it is not like him at all.
(c) That she is too flighty and unable to discuss anything with him calmly.
(d) That he needs a less exciting existence so he could concentrate on rocks.

4. Immediately after Charles discovers that Sarah is not dead, what happens in Ernestina's bedroom?
(a) She decides to get dressed and go looking for Charles.
(b) She wakes from a dream in which Charles is lost at sea.
(c) She rereads her diary entry from that morning.
(d) She calls for Sam to interrogate him about Charles.

5. THE FRENCH LIEUTENANT'S WOMAN takes place in what historical era?
(a) Elizabethan.
(b) Edwardian.
(c) Victorian.
(d) Roman.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Knowles picture Sam?

2. Why did Charles urge Ernestina to disagree with him about something?

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

4. What prompts Mrs. Poulteney to ask about someone to take into her service?

5. What is it about Ernestina that attracts Charles?

(see the answer key)

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