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

2. What transpires between Mrs. Tranter and Sarah?
(a) A challenge of sorts to see who would break first.
(b) Looks of revulsion.
(c) An invitation and acceptance of a visit to Mrs. Tranter's house.
(d) An approval of Mrs. Poulteney.

3. What causes Sarah and the lieutenant to be thrown together in Capt. Talbot's house?
(a) The lieutenant only speaks French and Sarah interprets.
(b) The lieutenant has a broken leg and Sarah was his nurse.
(c) She is working for Capt. Talbot as secretary.
(d) They share adjoining rooms.

4. What had the servants at Winsyatt gossiped about Charles as he visited his uncle.
(a) That Charles deserves better treatment from his uncle.
(b) That he is getting his comeuppance for not having visited his uncle more.
(c) That Mrs. Trotter will be kind to Charles.
(d) That rich people are never to be understood.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Knowles say the novelist is?

2. What is it about Ernestina that attracts Charles?

3. What does Knowles say has served as a substitute for experience in Sarah Woodruff?

4. What gives Charles a free day to go do some digging?

5. What prompts Mrs. Poulteney to ask about someone to take into her service?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the explanation for Mrs. Poulteney's idea that the Ware Commons evokes Sodom and Gomorrah in her mind?

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

3. What is special about the Ware Commons?

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. What are the indications of Charles as an eligible bachelor before his engagement to Ernestina?

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