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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 7, 8, 9, and 10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Knowles say has served as a substitute for experience in Sarah Woodruff?
(a) Her first class education.
(b) Fiction and poetry.
(c) Lectures from her father.
(d) The advice of older women.

2. When Sarah turns to look at Charles, how does he describe the look?
(a) Dark and mystifying.
(b) As though she looked right through him.
(c) Mysterious and inviting.
(d) Sensuous and compelling.

3. How does the butler sum up the feelings of Mrs. Poulteney's staff?
(a) Meanness and gluttony describe you perfectly, madam.
(b) Madam, I should rather the poor house than another week under your roof.
(c) Madam, I shall shake the dust from my shoes as I leave.
(d) You, madam, have not devined that slavery is over.

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

5. On the bright, sunny morning in Lyme, how does Ernestina awaken?
(a) Afraid that exposure to sunlight would darken her skin.
(b) Too late to see Charles who had already left for a walk.
(c) In a mood that the brilliance of the morning only aggravated.
(d) Bright and bubbly, anxious to see Charles.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happened to Charles' mother?

2. What characteristics make Aunt Tranter very special?

3. Where does Charles establish his quarters after his father's death?

4. What title did Charles' grandfather hold?

5. What is Knowles' opinion of the way Charles is dressed for his brisk walk?

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