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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 Mrs. Poulteney say of rumors about Mary, Mrs. Tranter's maid?
(a) This this morning she was seen talking to a person.
(b) That she had been walking on the Ware Commons.
(c) That she had been seen at the pub.
(d) That she was meeting a young man behind the dairy.

2. Why did Charles urge Ernestina to disagree with him about something?
(a) He is feeling like a Turkish pasha because of her deferring to him.
(b) He is sure that he is not always right and wants her opinion.
(c) It is just another of his silly jokes that Ernestina seldom understands.
(d) He does not want people to think theirs iss a Christian marriage.

3. What does Sarah say to prevent her from leaving Lyme and going to London?
(a) She says she knows no one in London.
(b) She says she would become what she is being accused of.
(c) She says her education is not good enough.
(d) She says she has no money to make the move.

4. Dr. Grogan says he knows more about ________ than what goes on in Sarah's mind.
(a) The fossils on the beach.
(b) What goes on in Windsor Castle.
(c) The times of the tides.
(d) The number of stars in the sky.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the objection of Mrs. Poulteney and others like her to the Assembly Rooms?

2. What is it about Ernestina that attracts Charles?

3. When Sarah turns to look at Charles, how does he describe the look?

4. What rests on a table at the bay window of Dr. Grogan's house?

5. What shop in Lyme is somewhat famous?

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