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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 18 and 19.

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) Her first class education.
(d) Lectures from her father.

2. Why does Charles not tell Mrs. Tranter and Ernestina of his chance meeting with Sarah on the Ware Commons?
(a) He has now become obsessed with the enigma of Sarah.
(b) He sees that the women are too involved in other gossip.
(c) He forgets that it ever happened.
(d) He doesn't know how to begin telling them.

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

4. What is the action between Charles and his servant, Sam, on the bright sunny morning in Dorset?
(a) Silent and moody.
(b) At odds with one another.
(c) Stern and overbearing.
(d) Playful and teasing.

5. Of what does Ernestina warn Charles about the people of Lyme?
(a) Everyone will think he is royalty and bow to him.
(b) He will be invited to a series of boring lectures in the town hall.
(c) People expect strangers to be examined and spoken to.
(d) People will turn their backs on strangers.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. When Charles tells Sam not to see Mary until he has cleared it with Mrs. Tranter, to what does Sam compare himself?

3. What does Charles intend to do on his outing?

4. What shop in Lyme is somewhat famous?

5. What expression applied to a boy or girl is guaranteed to despoil their reputation for life?

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