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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. After Sarah goes to work for Mrs. Poulteney, how does she size up her employer?
(a) She understands her and how to handle her like a skilled cardinal handles a weak pope.
(b) She is indifferent to Mrs. Poulteney's quirks of behavior.
(c) She sees Mrs. Poulteney as a tyrant and tries to warn the staff when she is coming.
(d) She learns to keep her mouth shut at all times and at all costs.

2. What is Knowles' opinion of the way Charles is dressed for his brisk walk?
(a) Overly Victorian in its utility.
(b) Perfectly appropriate.
(c) Not heavy enough for the Dorset weather.
(d) Modern and ahead of the times.

3. What are the two obsessions of Mrs. Poulteney?
(a) Wine and fine cuisine.
(b) Vulgarity and rudeness.
(c) Lawlessness and cursing.
(d) Dirt and immorality.

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

5. Where are Charles' grandfather's archeological finds housed?
(a) The British Museum.
(b) Westminster Abby.
(c) Windsor Castle.
(d) The Louvre.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Knowles say has served as a substitute for experience in Sarah Woodruff?

2. What causes Sarah and the lieutenant to be thrown together in Capt. Talbot's house?

3. How does the butler sum up the feelings of Mrs. Poulteney's staff?

4. In trying to be Victorian polite, what does Ernestina call the woman they see on the Cobb?

5. What characteristics make Aunt Tranter very special?

(see the answer key)

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