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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 11, 12, and 13.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did Charles' father rid him of the desire to become a priest?
(a) By increasing his allowance.
(b) By sending him to Paris for six months.
(c) By threatening to cut off his inheritance.
(d) By taking Charles to a brothel.

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

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

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

5. Why is Mrs. Poulteney shocked to hear that Sarah is walking on Ware Commons?
(a) She goes out unchaperoned.
(b) It has become to be called Lover's Lane.
(c) It leads to the Cobb where the sailors are.
(d) Along Ware Commons there are ale houses and thieves.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What is obvious about the size of the dowry Ernestina will bring to a marriage?

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

5. How does Knowles picture Sam?

(see the answer key)

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