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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. How did Charles' father rid him of the desire to become a priest?
(a) By increasing his allowance.
(b) By sending him to Paris for six months.
(c) By taking Charles to a brothel.
(d) By threatening to cut off his inheritance.

2. What causes Sarah and the lieutenant to be thrown together in Capt. Talbot's house?
(a) She is working for Capt. Talbot as secretary.
(b) The lieutenant only speaks French and Sarah interprets.
(c) They share adjoining rooms.
(d) The lieutenant has a broken leg and Sarah was his nurse.

3. In the meeting in the secluded place, what does Sarah talk about?
(a) She talks about wanting to marry and have children.
(b) She talks about the hypocarcy of the people of Ryme.
(c) She confesses what she did and why she did it.
(d) She talks about her innocence.

4. 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 her education is not good enough.
(c) She says she has no money to make the move.
(d) She says she would become what she is being accused of.

5. What annoying habit did Aunt Tranter have which causes Ernestina consternation?
(a) She insists on being a chaperone for Ernestina and Charles.
(b) She is an inveterate gossip.
(c) She dips snuff in the parlor.
(d) She sits at her window with a telescope.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mrs. Poulteney insist as requisites for a companion?

2. What is Charles' plan for maintaining distance from Sarah.

3. Upon whose word does Mr. Forsythe, vicar of Lyme, rely to recommend Sarah?

4. What double duty does Sam perform at Mrs. Tranter's door?

5. What does Knowles say the novelist is?

(see the answer key)

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