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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. When Charles and Sarah leave the secluded place, who do they meet coming up toward them?
(a) Mr. and Mrs. Talbot.
(b) Mrs. Poulteney and Dr. Grogan.
(c) Ernestina and Aunt Tranter.
(d) Sam and Mary.

2. What is Charles' plan for maintaining distance from Sarah.
(a) To tell Ernestina all about his meetings with her.
(b) To put a time limit on their meetings.
(c) To gently remind her of their social difference.
(d) To avoid her at all costs.

3. Why is Charles thought of as an interesting young man?
(a) Because he was easy to catch in a matriomonial trap.
(b) Because he was as well known as Disraeli and Gladstone.
(c) Because his travels had rubbed away the patina of seriousness.
(d) Because there was no cynicism about him.

4. Where are Charles' grandfather's archeological finds housed?
(a) Westminster Abby.
(b) The Louvre.
(c) The British Museum.
(d) Windsor Castle.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What criminal idea pops into Sam's head?

2. How do the simpering daughters of the Lady seduce Charles in order to snare him as a husband for one of them?

3. What begins to trouble Charles about his engagement to Ernestina?

4. For what is Dr. Grogan well known in Lyme?

5. What resolution does Charles make on his way back to Lyme?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How does Sarah insist that the county is filled with women who are outcasts?

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

5. How does Knowles interject himself into the novel?

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

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

8. When a search party is formed to find the missing Sarah, how does Charles know she is still alive?

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

10. What is Mrs. Poulteney's idea about God?

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