View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In the Victorian ending, what unlikely thing does Charles do?
(a) Tells Ernestine everything about him and Sarah.
(b) Pays for Sam's and Mary's wedding.
(c) Warns Ernestine never to mention the name of Tragedy.
(d) Goes into business with Ernestine's father.

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

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

4. Why does Charles not feel bad about his privileged class?
(a) He is oblivious to the people around him.
(b) He thinks everyone but the beggars look happy.
(c) He is too unhappy to consider it.
(d) He was raised to accept his privileged status.

5. What shocks Charles during his interview with Mr. Freeman?
(a) Mr. Freeman tells Charles that Ernestina is adopted.
(b) Freeman offers him a job in his business.
(c) Freeman offers to buy Charles a title.
(d) Freeman suggests decreasing Ernestina's dowry.

6. What is Charles' interest in paleontology now?
(a) He is excavating in Egypt.
(b) He has found a dynasaur.
(c) He has lost all interest and gives away his samples.
(d) He works at it spasmotically.

7. To what does Knowles compare Charles' official decision to go ahead with his marriage to Ernestina?
(a) His official decision once to take Holy Orders.
(b) His decision to go and look for Sarah.
(c) His decision to confess to the vicar.
(d) His decision to become a tradesman.

8. What is in the second letter Charles opens that morning?
(a) An apology
(b) A blackmail message
(c) A bill
(d) An address

9. Where does the cab deliver Charles and the prostitute?
(a) At a cheap hotel
(b) At her flat
(c) At Chrale's Kensington home
(d) At a bordello

10. What is Mrs. Endicott's Bible?
(a) Her accounts ledger
(b) Her horoscope
(c) Her almanac
(d) Her weekly newspaper

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

12. What does Knowles say readers should now see as obvious?
(a) That Sam had proposed marriage to Mary.
(b) That Sam is planning to abandon Mary.
(c) That Mary is pregnant with Sam's baby.
(d) That Sam and Mary had been to that barn many times before.

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

14. What new service does Charles use to try and locate Sarah?
(a) Private investigators
(b) Radio advertisement
(c) Police all points bulletins
(d) Personal ads in the Times

15. After impulsively kissing Sarah, what does Charles do?
(a) Lays her down on the hay and makes love to her.
(b) Tells her to go to the White Lion and wait for him.
(c) Suggests that she go to London as his mistress.
(d) Pushes Sarah away and runs out of the shed.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Charles find inside the old shed?

2. What does Charles attempt to do with Sarah?

3. What does Dr. Grogan suggest?

4. What does Sam do after leaving Charles in his room at the Ship?

5. What does Sarah say to Charles after they discuss her lie about Varguennes?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 746 words (approx. 3 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample