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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 Charles decide to do?
(a) Open a bottle of brandy and get drunk.
(b) Go out and look for Sarah himself.
(c) Go back and tell Dr. Grogan the whole truth.
(d) Send Sam to look for Sarah.

2. What kind of morning greets Charles as he begins his walk to meet Sarah?
(a) It is gray and rainy, symbolic of the gloom into which he is walking.
(b) It is cold and threatening, making Charles feel as though he is walking into an icy death.
(c) It is beautiful and serene, leaving Charles feeling as though it were for him paradise lost.
(d) It is a foggy morning that compared to the blindness Charles feels about himself.

3. How does Charles explain his separation from Ernestina when he visits the club.
(a) He says he is on parole while she takes the Dorset waters.
(b) He says he had pressing business in London but she wanted to stay in Lyme.
(c) He says she is too busy planning the wedding.
(d) He says she is at home visiting her father and gave him the night off.

4. What does Charles admit to Dr. Grogan about his feelings for Ernestina?
(a) That the attraction has worn off and he feels trapped.
(b) That she understands very little of what he is.
(c) That he was sure it would take years for Ernestina to understand him.
(d) That his only interest in her is her dowry.

5. What does Sarah say when Charles says he must break his engagement?
(a) I never thought I would hear you say that.
(b) You wouldn't be happy with that innocent girl anyway.
(c) I ask nothing of you. I am to blame.
(d) Does that mean you will marry me?

Short Answer Questions

1. What document does Dr. Grogan give Charles to read?

2. What is the outcome of Charles' interview with Ernestina's father, Mr. Freeman?

3. After Ernestina goes back to sleep, what happens in the kitchen downstairs?

4. How does Sam try to start gossip with Mrs. Rogers at the Kensington house?

5. What is in the second letter Charles opens that morning?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe what Dr. Grogan gives Charles to read.

2. Explain Mr. Freeman's contradictory feelings about aristocracy.

3. Explain the significance of Sarah's only smile at Mrs. Poulteney after she questions the old lady's relationship to God.

4. In reality, what does Charles do when he pulls into Exeter and it looks like it is about to rain?

5. What happens in the Tranter house that day?

6. How does Charles attempt to undo the damage done by being caught with Sarah by Sam and Mary?

7. Why does Charles not keep his distance from Sarah in her hotel rooms?

8. How does Knowles discuss the reason for Sam and Mary going to the barn?

9. What are the consequences of Charles' decision to break his engagement?

10. After Charles cannot locate Sarah, even with private detectives, what action does he take?

(see the answer keys)

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