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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 Knowles' description of Mrs. Poulteney's unsuccessful appeal to knowledge?
(a) A successful appeal to disapproval.
(b) A blank stare signifying nothing.
(c) A look somewhat like a white Pekinese.
(d) A look of solid comprehension.

2. What does Sarah think about Mrs. Tranter?
(a) She has the kindest heart but I do not need kindness.
(b) She is kind but too much of a gossip.
(c) She is just like all Victorian people.
(d) She is more cruel than Mrs. Poulteney.

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

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

5. Why does Mrs. Poulteney insist Sarah stay when Mrs. Tranter calls with Charles and Ernestina in tow?
(a) She wants Sarah to give her opinion about the young couple.
(b) She feels it her duty to embarrass Charles and Ernestina and make Sarah uncomfortable.
(c) She wants to flaunt her wealth and position.
(d) She needs Sarah to pour the tea.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Charles' thinking as he passes through the vast estate?

2. What is Sarah's attitude toward fashion?

3. At that time in London, what is socially becoming as important as good blood?

4. What shop in Lyme is somewhat famous?

5. When Sarah and Charles meet again on the path, what does Charles observe about her?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What does Charles say to Sarah about morality?

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

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

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

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

8. What is the attitude of the staff at Winsyatt castle about Charles and his uncle, Sir Robert?

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

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

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