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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 has happened to Sarah while Charles is away from Lyme?
(a) She is being gossiped about since Mrs. Fairley saw her emerging from the Ware Commons.
(b) She has become ill.
(c) She has begun planning a wedding.
(d) She is begged to come work for the vicar.

2. How does Sarah begin describing the French lieutenant to Charles?
(a) That he is handsome and a smooth talker.
(b) That he is brave and a gentleman.
(c) That he comes on to her immediately.
(d) That he is pitiful and helpless.

3. What characteristics make Aunt Tranter very special?
(a) High moral and religious values.
(b) Plumpness and a jocular spirit.
(c) Wealth and generosity.
(d) Optimism and making the best of everything for all.

4. What does Sarah say to prevent her from leaving Lyme and going to London?
(a) She says she has no money to make the move.
(b) She says her education is not good enough.
(c) She says she knows no one in London.
(d) She says she would become what she is being accused of.

5. In trying to be Victorian polite, what does Ernestina call the woman they see on the Cobb?
(a) Old Mrs. Poulteney's companion.
(b) The French lieutenant's. . .woman.
(c) The lady of the night.
(d) A woman just a bit crazy.

Short Answer Questions

1. After Sarah goes to work for Mrs. Poulteney, how does she size up her employer?

2. Why does Charles not tell Mrs. Tranter and Ernestina of his chance meeting with Sarah on the Ware Commons?

3. What is unimaginable to Charles in a relationship with a woman?

4. Of what does Ernestina warn Charles about the people of Lyme?

5. What is the objection of Mrs. Poulteney and others like her to the Assembly Rooms?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. What is the meaning of the Victorian expression, "a gooseberry?"

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

8. What makes Ernestina angry after Charles returns from London?

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

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

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