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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What imagery does Knowles insert at the point in the conversation where Sarah admits to ceasing her cruelty with the lieutenant?
(a) The cry of a lost sheep.
(b) A crow floating close overhead.
(c) A huge crash of the waves against the cliff.
(d) A sudden, strong wind.

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

3. What coincidence saves Charles from having to face Ernestina with his lies of omission?
(a) Ernestina has been called back to London.
(b) A telegram from London saying he is urgently needed.
(c) A fire at Aunt Tranter's house.
(d) Aunt Tranter has a heart attack.

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

5. How are Charles and Ernestina dressed on their walk down the Cobb?
(a) Very stylishly for the day.
(b) In riding habits.
(c) In raincoats and boots.
(d) In clothes suited to the taste of Lyme Regis.

6. What resolution does Charles make on his way back to Lyme?
(a) To break off his engagement to Ernestina.
(b) To go to confession.
(c) To avoid Sarah of his own free will.
(d) To have physical relations with Sarah the next time they meet.

7. What does Mrs. Poulteney insist as requisites for a companion?
(a) She must have a higher education and good references.
(b) She must be willing to work for a pittance.
(c) She must have impeccable moral character and no relatives.
(d) She must be willing to attend church every Sabbath.

8. What is the special relationship between Charles and Mrs. Hawkins?
(a) She knows secrets about Charles that she keeps to herself.
(b) She is like a mother to him because of her nurturing when he was a boy.
(c) She bears an uncommon resemblance to Charles' late mother.
(d) She always bakes his favorite desserts.

9. What gives Charles a free day to go do some digging?
(a) Ernestina is upset and will not see him.
(b) Ernestina falls on Aunt Tranter's stairs.
(c) Ernestina has a migraine.
(d) Ernestina returns to London.

10. What does Knowles say has served as a substitute for experience in Sarah Woodruff?
(a) Lectures from her father.
(b) Her first class education.
(c) Fiction and poetry.
(d) The advice of older women.

11. What are the two obsessions of Mrs. Poulteney?
(a) Dirt and immorality.
(b) Vulgarity and rudeness.
(c) Lawlessness and cursing.
(d) Wine and fine cuisine.

12. How does the bright day affect Charles?
(a) He says he will go back to bed.
(b) He says it almost makes him not return to London.
(c) He says it is rare to see such brightness and he hates it.
(d) He says everything looks unreal.

13. Why does Sarah take the risk of not going by the back way around the dairy the morning she is seen by two walkers?
(a) She thinks it is too early for anyone else to be about.
(b) She is thinking too hard and does not notice which way she went.
(c) She decides to be brazen and go where she pleases.
(d) She is late for Mrs. Poulteney's reading.

14. What does Charles notice that shocks Ernestina?
(a) Dr. Grogan's conversational Irish reel.
(b) The discussion about Sarah Woodruff.
(c) The way Charles seems to have changed.
(d) Aunt Tranter's flirtation with Dr. Grogan.

15. What is unimaginable to Charles in a relationship with a woman?
(a) Darwinian selection.
(b) Social equality.
(c) Intimacy of thought and feeling.
(d) Loving two women at the same time.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Mrs. Poulteney shocked to hear that Sarah is walking on Ware Commons?

2. Where does Charles establish his quarters after his father's death?

3. What is Knowles' opinion of the way Charles is dressed for his brisk walk?

4. Why is Charles thought of as an interesting young man?

5. What does Sarah ask of Charles?

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