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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) Lectures from her father.
(b) The advice of older women.
(c) Her first class education.
(d) Fiction and poetry.

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

3. Why does Mrs. Talbot decide not to rehire Sarah Woodruff?
(a) Her husband flatly refuses to have Sarah back.
(b) She is aghast at the brazenness of Sarah for even coming to see her.
(c) She thinks Sarah's experience with the lieutenant would impair her concentration on the children.
(d) She is afraid of her neighbors' gossip.

4. How does Ernestina react to Charles' suggestion that they elope and go to Paris?
(a) She laughs uproarously.
(b) She calls the idea wickedness.
(c) She runs to pack her bag.
(d) She faints and falls into a chair.

5. What does Knowles say the novelist is?
(a) A deceiver because he or she seldom tells the truth.
(b) A god because he or she creates.
(c) A plagerist because he or she copies from real life stories.
(d) An authoritarian because he or she writes only by the rules laid down by others.

Short Answer Questions

1. For what is Dr. Grogan well known in Lyme?

2. What transpires between Mrs. Tranter and Sarah?

3. How does the bright day affect Charles?

4. What terrible image does Mrs. Talbot have from the literature she reads?

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

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