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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What happened to Charles' mother?
2. What expression applied to a boy or girl is guaranteed to despoil their reputation for life?
3. What resolution does Charles make on his way back to Lyme?
4. What investments had Charles' father made?
5. What terrible image does Mrs. Talbot have from the literature she reads?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does Mrs. Poulteney attempt to stir up trouble for Mary during the visit in her drawing room?
2. What does Charles say to Sarah about morality?
3. In Lyme, by some strata of society, Sarah Woodruff is known as the French lieutenant's whore. Ernestina has another name for her. Why and what is it?
4. What are the indications of Charles as an eligible bachelor before his engagement to Ernestina?
5. Describe Charles' reaction to the expected visits with the prim Victorian ladies of Ernestina's acquaintance.
6. What is Charles' delusion as he rides up the drive to his uncles estate?
7. Why is Mrs. Poulteney troubled by the parable of the widow's mite?
8. When a search party is formed to find the missing Sarah, how does Charles know she is still alive?
9. The morning Ernestina has a migraine, describe Charles' acting as a moth being drawn to a flame.
10. What warning does Ernestina give Mary about Sam?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Think up another ending for The French Lieutenant's Woman. Knowles wrote multiple endings for the novel. There are still other possibilities. Come up with another ending and write it in three or four pages.
Essay Topic 2
According to Knowles, sexuality is more enjoyable in the Victorian age because it is not spoken of and there is more mystery about it. Write an essay about how the Victorian gentleman, Charles, is drawn by the mysterious nature of Sarah Woodruff.
Essay Topic 3
Write your opinion about how well Knowles describes people and places in The French Lieutenant's Woman. Did you get a clear picture of the people and places?
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