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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Sam tell Charles he wants two hundred and eighty pounds for?
(a) To buy a shop.
(b) So he can marry Mary.
(c) To keep quiet about Sarah.
(d) To leave and find another employer.

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

3. How is Aunt Tranter affected in all of the problems?
(a) She is confused and angry.
(b) She says she never trusted Charles.
(c) She thinks it is all for the best.
(d) She wants to have the police confront Charles.

4. What is Sarah's explanation for lying about Varguennes?
(a) That she hated all men for a time after he left.
(b) That she wanted to kill herself.
(c) That when she went to him she saw him with a prostitute.
(d) That she had not lied but had not tried to stop the rumors.

5. What is Charles' attitude toward Sam when he returns after his night out?
(a) He warns Sam about being too nosey.
(b) He tells Sam to take that insolent look off his face.
(c) He thanks Sam for helping him escape being seen by Mrs. Rogers.
(d) He regards Sam as a real friend unlike his friends at the club.

6. Why does Mrs. Endicott allow Charles to go up to Sarah's room?
(a) She thinks he is Sarah's brother.
(b) She thinks he is a doctor.
(c) She takes a bribe from Charles.
(d) She thinks he is Sarah's lawyer.

7. What does Sarah say when Charles says he must break his engagement?
(a) I never thought I would hear you say that.
(b) Does that mean you will marry me?
(c) I ask nothing of you. I am to blame.
(d) You wouldn't be happy with that innocent girl anyway.

8. What is Dr. Grogan's recommendation for Ernestina's treatment?
(a) Send her to Bedlam.
(b) Take her on a trip abroad.
(c) Send for her father.
(d) Humor her in whatever she wants to do.

9. How does Dr. Grogan threaten Charles?
(a) That he will sign the papers sending Charles to the insane assylum.
(b) That he will help Ernestina sue for breach of promise and see charles ruined.
(c) That he will tell everyone what Charles has done if he doesn't leave Lyme.
(d) That if he does not leave within the hour he will return with the largest horse whip he can find.

10. What happens after Charles puts out the fire on Sarah's blanket when coals pop from the fireplace?
(a) Mrs. Endicott runs in to see what the smell is.
(b) Sarah begins to cry.
(c) He jumps up to leave.
(d) They stare into each other's eyes and kiss.

11. What does Dr. Grogan do in his speech to Charles?
(a) Admits to having an affair himself with Sarah.
(b) Suggests that Charles run away with Sarah.
(c) Shames Charles for his stupidity.
(d) He paints a picture of Sarah as an opportunist who had led Charles on.

12. Why is Sarah out of the flat when the baby is crying?
(a) She goes to buy tea for breakfast.
(b) She goes for medicine for Charles' hangover.
(c) She goes to get Charles a hansom.
(d) She goes to pick up her mail.

13. Why does Ernestina come to Charles' hotel room?
(a) She wants to get him to return to Aunt Tranter's house.
(b) She had heard that Charles is planning to leave Lyme.
(c) She wants him to read her diary.
(d) She comes for breakfast.

14. What has happened at the prostitute's house?
(a) Sarah's little daughter comes in and gets into bed with them.
(b) Charles has been drinking heavily and begins throwing up when she said her name was Sarah.
(c) Charles passes out from too much to drink and sleeps in a chair.
(d) Charles has intercourse with the girl before finding out her name was Sarah.

15. 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?
(a) Nobility
(b) Overdressing
(c) Religion
(d) Education

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Charles go to Dr. Grogan?

2. How does Charles explain his separation from Ernestina when he visits the club.

3. What discovery does Charles make that hits him like a thunderbolt?

4. Where does Sarah stay in Exeter?

5. Why does Charles go to see Dr. Grogan?

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