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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. Why is Charles going to London?
(a) To collect money for travel to Europe.
(b) To hire another manservant.
(c) To inform Ernestina's father of the changes in his fortune.
(d) To hire a lawyer to get rid of Mrs. Trotter.

2. Who does Ernestina tease her Aunt Tranter about?
(a) Mrs. Poulteney's brother.
(b) The vicar.
(c) Charles' uncle.
(d) The bachelor Dr. Grogan.

3. What does Mrs. Poulteney say of rumors about Mary, Mrs. Tranter's maid?
(a) That she had been seen at the pub.
(b) This this morning she was seen talking to a person.
(c) That she was meeting a young man behind the dairy.
(d) That she had been walking on the Ware Commons.

4. Where does Charles establish his quarters after his father's death?
(a) In Kensington.
(b) In Essex.
(c) In Wales.
(d) In Balmory.

5. What is obvious about the size of the dowry Ernestina will bring to a marriage?
(a) The Smithson name.
(b) The expensive clothes and jewels she always wears.
(c) The size of the Smithson house.
(d) The absence of brothers and sisters.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Knowles say that the Victorians had thrown at them night and day in the same way we have sex thrown at us today?

3. What is the objection of Mrs. Poulteney and others like her to the Assembly Rooms?

4. Where does Sarah stay in Exeter?

5. What is Sarah's attitude toward fashion?

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