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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 48, 49, 50, and 51.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Charles go after leaving the Freeman mansion?
(a) To the theatre
(b) To his best friend's house
(c) To his club on St. James
(d) To his flat in Kensington

2. What does Knowles explain the Victorian ending is all about?
(a) Ernestina's dream the night before Charles returns to Lyme.
(b) Charles' imagination of how things would end.
(c) An exercise in literary speculation.
(d) A means of explaining the Victorian mentality.

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

4. What is it that Charles had not guessed?
(a) That his uncle has located a long lost son.
(b) That his uncle has received word of his connection to Sarah.
(c) That his uncle is leaving his estate to charity.
(d) That his uncle is planning on marrying.

5. What kind of morning greets Charles as he begins his walk to meet Sarah?
(a) It is a foggy morning that compared to the blindness Charles feels about himself.
(b) It is gray and rainy, symbolic of the gloom into which he is walking.
(c) It is beautiful and serene, leaving Charles feeling as though it were for him paradise lost.
(d) It is cold and threatening, making Charles feel as though he is walking into an icy death.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What gimmick does Knowles use as an ending of the story in Chapter 44?

3. What expression applied to a boy or girl is guaranteed to despoil their reputation for life?

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

5. What is in the second letter Charles opens that morning?

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