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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 is it about Ernestina that attracts Charles?
(a) She is beautiful by male standards.
(b) She is daring and adventurous.
(c) She is so nearly the prim little moppet; yet not quite.
(d) She stands to inherit a great fortune.

2. What title did Charles' grandfather hold?
(a) Earl.
(b) Laird.
(c) Baronet.
(d) Duke.

3. What does Sarah tell Mrs. Talbot before she leaves?
(a) That her brother is coming to Lyme and she will teach his children.
(b) That she is going back to school.
(c) That she needs to go to London for a higher position.
(d) That Varguennes is returning from France to marry her.

4. How does the bright day affect Charles?
(a) He says it almost makes him not return to London.
(b) He says he will go back to bed.
(c) He says it is rare to see such brightness and he hates it.
(d) He says everything looks unreal.

5. THE FRENCH LIEUTENANT'S WOMAN takes place in what historical era?
(a) Edwardian.
(b) Roman.
(c) Victorian.
(d) Elizabethan.

Short Answer Questions

1. What has happened to Sarah while Charles is away from Lyme?

2. What is Charles' plan for maintaining distance from Sarah.

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

4. What does Knowles say is the most common symptom of wealth in 1867?

5. What is obvious about the size of the dowry Ernestina will bring to a marriage?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. Why does Sarah suggest that she will not leave Lyme Regis?

6. The morning Ernestina has a migraine, describe Charles' acting as a moth being drawn to a flame.

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

8. What kind of day is it when Charles fist meets Sarah Woodruff alone?

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

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

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