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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 60 and 61.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Charles attempt to do with Sarah?
(a) Get her to pretend suicide.
(b) Give her money to go to Exeter and find a job.
(c) Help him make up a story about how he found her there.
(d) Get her to go to Paris with him.

2. What is Sarah's reaction to Charles' guilt?
(a) She says she cannot believe he is like Mrs. Poulteney.
(b) She calls him stupid and behind the times.
(c) She says all she wants is his happiness.
(d) She accuses him of being like the French Lieutenant.

3. When she couldn't sleep, what does Ernestina decide to do?
(a) Go to the kitchen and eat.
(b) Write in her diary.
(c) Go look for Aunt Tranter.
(d) Go for a walk.

4. What does Freeman recognize about the times?
(a) They are difficult times with so many new things coming into favor.
(b) They represent the age of overindulgence.
(c) They are politically unstable.
(d) They are changing in a world of rapid progress.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is unimaginable to Charles in a relationship with a woman?

3. What does Knowles say has served as a substitute for experience in Sarah Woodruff?

4. How does the butler sum up the feelings of Mrs. Poulteney's staff?

5. What does Sarah suggest Mrs. Poulteney do with her severance pay?

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