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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 Sarah think about Mrs. Tranter?
(a) She is just like all Victorian people.
(b) She is more cruel than Mrs. Poulteney.
(c) She has the kindest heart but I do not need kindness.
(d) She is kind but too much of a gossip.

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 does not want people to think theirs iss a Christian marriage.
(c) It is just another of his silly jokes that Ernestina seldom understands.
(d) He is sure that he is not always right and wants her opinion.

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

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

5. When Charles tells Sam not to see Mary until he has cleared it with Mrs. Tranter, to what does Sam compare himself?
(a) A race horse.
(b) A double amputee.
(c) A schoolboy.
(d) A Derby duck.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Knowles' opinion of the way Charles is dressed for his brisk walk?

2. How are Charles and Ernestina dressed on their walk down the Cobb?

3. Why does Mrs. Poulteney insist Sarah stay when Mrs. Tranter calls with Charles and Ernestina in tow?

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

5. At that time in London, what is socially becoming as important as good blood?

(see the answer key)

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