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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 is Ernestina's great fear about marriage?
2. Why is Mrs. Poulteney shocked to hear that Sarah is walking on Ware Commons?
3. Who does Ernestina tease her Aunt Tranter about?
4. In trying to be Victorian polite, what does Ernestina call the woman they see on the Cobb?
5. What does Sarah ask of Charles?
Short Essay Questions
1. What are the indications of Charles as an eligible bachelor before his engagement to Ernestina?
2. How does Knowles interject himself into the novel?
3. Why is Ernestina miffed at the flowers Charles sends her on the morning he goes to the Ware Commons?
4. What warning does Ernestina give Mary about Sam?
5. When a search party is formed to find the missing Sarah, how does Charles know she is still alive?
6. The morning Ernestina has a migraine, describe Charles' acting as a moth being drawn to a flame.
7. 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?
8. When Charles and Sarah meet, how does Charles explain his agreeing to come?
9. What kind of day is it when Charles fist meets Sarah Woodruff alone?
10. What is the attitude of the staff at Winsyatt castle about Charles and his uncle, Sir Robert?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Look up information about the Dorset region of England and write about the sea coast in the area of Lyme Regis. Describe it as it is today and mention any changes in the area since the Victorian era.
Essay Topic 2
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 3
Using the characters Charles, Ernestina, and Sarah, write a short-short story set in the 21st century about a broken engagement. Use the title, "Hell Hath No Fury Like a Woman Scorned." Will your story be much different from the broken engagement in The French Lieutenant's Woman?
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