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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 in the letter from Dr. Grogan?
(a) A suggestion of how he can continue with Sarah in secret.
(b) Information that Sarah has left Lyme.
(c) The thought that there is no need for confession or absolution.
(d) His report that the whole community is talking about charles.

2. How does Charles explain himself to Sam?
(a) That he has volunteered for the search party.
(b) That he accidentally heard someone in the shed and went in to see who it was.
(c) That he is there on the instruction of Dr. Grogan.
(d) That he has come to tell Sarah never to bother him again.

3. What does Charles observe about American women?
(a) He thinks that they have no sense of style.
(b) He considers them too pristine.
(c) He sees a shadow of Sarah in each of them.
(d) He sees them as no different from women in England.

4. What is the outcome of Charles' interview with Ernestina's father, Mr. Freeman?
(a) He withdraws his offer of Ernestina's hand in marriage.
(b) Mr. Freeman increases Ernestina's dowry.
(c) Mr. Freeman does not object to Charles' change in fortune.
(d) Charles cannot bring himself to tell the truth.

5. What does Knowles say modern society has destroyed by throwing over the aura of mystery about sex?
(a) The need for it
(b) The shame
(c) The pleasure
(d) The openness to talk about it

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Charles do when Sam comes into his room the following morning?

2. What decision does Charles make on his way from Exeter to Lyme?

3. What is Sarah's explanation for lying about Varguennes?

4. After impulsively kissing Sarah, what does Charles do?

5. When she couldn't sleep, what does Ernestina decide to do?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Why does Sarah, the prostitute, put her clothes back on?

5. What is a bigger surprise to Charles than discovering that his prostitute has a baby?

6. What shocking revelation comes to Charles after he gets out of Sarah's bed?

7. In the Victorian view of propriety, what step does Charles make when his train pulls into Exeter?

8. What advice does Dr. Grogan give Charles in a letter?

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

10. What transpires with Charles and his friends at the club?

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