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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is the action between Charles and his servant, Sam, on the bright sunny morning in Dorset?
(a) Playful and teasing.
(b) Stern and overbearing.
(c) At odds with one another.
(d) Silent and moody.

3. When Sarah and Charles meet again on the path, what does Charles observe about her?
(a) That she was a striking beauty in the Edwardian sense.
(b) That she is more intelligent and independent than she seemed.
(c) That he had stronger biases against her than he thought.
(d) That she had on a completely different outfit from the last time.

4. Why does Charles not tell Mrs. Tranter and Ernestina of his chance meeting with Sarah on the Ware Commons?
(a) He doesn't know how to begin telling them.
(b) He sees that the women are too involved in other gossip.
(c) He forgets that it ever happened.
(d) He has now become obsessed with the enigma of Sarah.

5. What is Knowles' opinion of the way Charles is dressed for his brisk walk?
(a) Overly Victorian in its utility.
(b) Modern and ahead of the times.
(c) Perfectly appropriate.
(d) Not heavy enough for the Dorset weather.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Sarah take the risk of not going by the back way around the dairy the morning she is seen by two walkers?

2. THE FRENCH LIEUTENANT'S WOMAN takes place in what historical era?

3. What investments had Charles' father made?

4. Dr. Grogan says he knows more about ________ than what goes on in Sarah's mind.

5. What had the servants at Winsyatt gossiped about Charles as he visited his uncle.

Short Essay Questions

1. What warning does Ernestina give Mary about Sam?

2. Why is Mrs. Poulteney troubled by the parable of the widow's mite?

3. What is Sarah's gift that makes her more intelligent than most Victorian women?

4. What does Dr. Grogan tell Charles about trying to help Sarah?

5. When Charles and Sarah meet, how does Charles explain his agreeing to come?

6. Why is Ernestina miffed at the flowers Charles sends her on the morning he goes to the Ware Commons?

7. Describe Charles' reaction to the expected visits with the prim Victorian ladies of Ernestina's acquaintance.

8. Describe the conflict in Ernestina over her desire to have a husband and children.

9. What is Charles' delusion as he rides up the drive to his uncles estate?

10. Describe the nature of the surprise Ernestina and Charles plan for Aunt Tranter.

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