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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 title did Charles' grandfather hold?
(a) Laird.
(b) Earl.
(c) Duke.
(d) Baronet.

2. When Sarah turns to look at Charles, how does he describe the look?
(a) Mysterious and inviting.
(b) Sensuous and compelling.
(c) Dark and mystifying.
(d) As though she looked right through him.

3. What is Ernestina's great fear about marriage?
(a) The dread of being seen naked.
(b) The sinfulness of sex.
(c) The pain and brutality of sex.
(d) The idea of becoming amother.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How do the simpering daughters of the Lady seduce Charles in order to snare him as a husband for one of them?

2. What is Sarah's position in Charmouth?

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

4. What investments had Charles' father made?

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

(see the answer key)

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