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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. On the bright, sunny morning in Lyme, how does Ernestina awaken?
(a) Too late to see Charles who had already left for a walk.
(b) Bright and bubbly, anxious to see Charles.
(c) In a mood that the brilliance of the morning only aggravated.
(d) Afraid that exposure to sunlight would darken her skin.

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

3. At that time in London, what is socially becoming as important as good blood?
(a) Good connections and good experience.
(b) Good education and good travel.
(c) Good clothes and good houses.
(d) Good money and good brains.

4. What is Sarah's attitude toward fashion?
(a) Tending toward the masculine.
(b) Total indifference.
(c) Comfortable with Victorian constrictions.
(d) Interest in only the latest fashions.

5. What does Charles say to Sarah about forgiving her sin?
(a) That she had not sinned against him.
(b) That he will not withhold his forgiveness.
(c) That she must forgive herself.
(d) That he did not see what she did as a sin.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Ernestina's great fear about marriage?

2. What rests on a table at the bay window of Dr. Grogan's house?

3. What imagery does Knowles insert at the point in the conversation where Sarah admits to ceasing her cruelty with the lieutenant?

4. When Charles and Sarah leave the secluded place, who do they meet coming up toward them?

5. Why did Charles urge Ernestina to disagree with him about something?

Short Essay Questions

1. What makes Ernestina laugh uncontrollably and Aunt Tranter fear she and Charles might be having a quarrel?

2. Sarah is described as not beautiful by any standards. What is it that captivates Charles so much when he first sees her face?

3. How does Mrs. Poulteney attempt to stir up trouble for Mary during the visit in her drawing room?

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

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

6. What had prompted Charles and Ernestina to come to Lyme Regis?

7. What is the promise Sarah extracts from Charles when they meet at the Undercliff?

8. What is the vicar's explanation for the fact that Sarah speaks French when Mrs. Poulteney is shocked at the idea?

9. What saves Charles from having to explain why he has been playing with fire?

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

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