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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 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.

2. What prompts Mrs. Poulteney to ask about someone to take into her service?
(a) The vicar's insistance that she take someone needy in.
(b) Her need for a nurse during her illness.
(c) Her fear of hell and her need for a companion to write for her.
(d) Her image in the community as being benevolent.

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

4. How are Charles and Ernestina dressed on their walk down the Cobb?
(a) In clothes suited to the taste of Lyme Regis.
(b) In riding habits.
(c) In raincoats and boots.
(d) Very stylishly for the day.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Knowles' description of Mrs. Poulteney's unsuccessful appeal to knowledge?

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

3. On the bright, sunny morning in Lyme, how does Ernestina awaken?

4. What is it about Ernestina that attracts Charles?

5. How does Knowles picture Sam?

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