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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 23, 24, 25, and 26.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. On the bright, sunny morning in Lyme, how does Ernestina awaken?
(a) Bright and bubbly, anxious to see Charles.
(b) Too late to see Charles who had already left for a walk.
(c) Afraid that exposure to sunlight would darken her skin.
(d) In a mood that the brilliance of the morning only aggravated.

2. What is Ernestina's reaction to the flowers Sam delivers from Charles?
(a) She jumps from bed and dances around the room.
(b) She frowns because she has been imagining unfaithfulness of Charles' part.
(c) She wants to know if a shop keeper delivered the flowers.
(d) She frowns because she is ashamed of herself.

3. What is unimaginable to Charles in a relationship with a woman?
(a) Loving two women at the same time.
(b) Darwinian selection.
(c) Intimacy of thought and feeling.
(d) Social equality.

4. What is Charles' plan for maintaining distance from Sarah.
(a) To put a time limit on their meetings.
(b) To tell Ernestina all about his meetings with her.
(c) To avoid her at all costs.
(d) To gently remind her of their social difference.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What had the servants at Winsyatt gossiped about Charles as he visited his uncle.

2. What prompts Mrs. Poulteney to ask about someone to take into her service?

3. What is Charles' quandary over Sarah's disappearance?

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

5. What has happened to Sarah while Charles is away from Lyme?

(see the answer key)

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