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

2. What investments had Charles' father made?
(a) Importing and politics.
(b) Coal mining and religion.
(c) Rail stocks and gambling.
(d) Shipping and rock collecting.

3. What is Knowles' description of Mrs. Poulteney's unsuccessful appeal to knowledge?
(a) A look somewhat like a white Pekinese.
(b) A successful appeal to disapproval.
(c) A blank stare signifying nothing.
(d) A look of solid comprehension.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the bright day affect Charles?

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

3. How does Sarah appear as she stands at her windowsill at night looking out to sea?

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

5. What shop in Lyme is somewhat famous?

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