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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) The advice of older women.
(c) Lectures from her father.
(d) Fiction and poetry.

2. What causes Sarah and the lieutenant to be thrown together in Capt. Talbot's house?
(a) The lieutenant has a broken leg and Sarah was his nurse.
(b) The lieutenant only speaks French and Sarah interprets.
(c) She is working for Capt. Talbot as secretary.
(d) They share adjoining rooms.

3. What is it about Ernestina that attracts Charles?
(a) She stands to inherit a great fortune.
(b) She is beautiful by male standards.
(c) She is daring and adventurous.
(d) She is so nearly the prim little moppet; yet not quite.

4. What does Knowles say is the most common symptom of wealth in 1867?
(a) Responsibility.
(b) Indulgence.
(c) Neurosis.
(d) Boredom.

5. What characteristics make Aunt Tranter very special?
(a) Wealth and generosity.
(b) High moral and religious values.
(c) Plumpness and a jocular spirit.
(d) Optimism and making the best of everything for all.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the action between Charles and his servant, Sam, on the bright sunny morning in Dorset?

3. What title did Charles' grandfather hold?

4. Why does Mrs. Talbot decide not to rehire Sarah Woodruff?

5. How does the bright day affect Charles?

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