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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 Dr. Grogan's recommendation for Ernestina's treatment?
(a) Take her on a trip abroad.
(b) Send for her father.
(c) Send her to Bedlam.
(d) Humor her in whatever she wants to do.

2. Why is Charles going to London?
(a) To hire another manservant.
(b) To collect money for travel to Europe.
(c) To inform Ernestina's father of the changes in his fortune.
(d) To hire a lawyer to get rid of Mrs. Trotter.

3. How does Charles proceed to break off with Ernestina and return to Sarah?
(a) He has Sam tell Ernestina what he knows.
(b) He writes Sarah a letter and goes to tell Ernestina he cannot marry her.
(c) He leaves the country and does not tell anyone where he is.
(d) He arranges for Sarah and Ernestina to meet.

4. Where does Charles go after leaving Sarah?
(a) To find Sam
(b) To a church
(c) To his hotel room
(d) To the carriage depot

5. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Dr. Grogan do in his speech to Charles?

2. How does Dr. Grogan rebut Charles' objection that nothing improper passed between him and Sarah?

3. What does Sam tell Charles he wants two hundred and eighty pounds for?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. What happens in the Tranter house that day?

7. What actions does Charles take after leaving the Endicott Family Hotel?

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

9. What are the major events of the next day when Charles has returned from Exeter?

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

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