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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 taking Charles to a brothel.
(b) By increasing his allowance.
(c) By threatening to cut off his inheritance.
(d) By sending him to Paris for six months.

2. What investments had Charles' father made?
(a) Shipping and rock collecting.
(b) Importing and politics.
(c) Coal mining and religion.
(d) Rail stocks and gambling.

3. What characteristics make Aunt Tranter very special?
(a) High moral and religious values.
(b) Wealth and generosity.
(c) Optimism and making the best of everything for all.
(d) Plumpness and a jocular spirit.

4. What is Knowles' description of Mrs. Poulteney's unsuccessful appeal to knowledge?
(a) A blank stare signifying nothing.
(b) A look of solid comprehension.
(c) A successful appeal to disapproval.
(d) A look somewhat like a white Pekinese.

5. What does Sarah say to prevent her from leaving Lyme and going to London?
(a) She says she has no money to make the move.
(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 knows no one in London.

Short Answer Questions

1. What annoying habit did Aunt Tranter have which causes Ernestina consternation?

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

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

4. What is it that Charles had not guessed?

5. How does Ernestina react to Charles' suggestion that they elope and go to Paris?

(see the answer key)

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