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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 metaphor does Charles use to describe his guilt of lying about Sarah?

2. What does Charles discover from Mrs. Endicott?

3. What does Charles' purse provide Sarah in Exeter?

4. How does Charles explain his separation from Ernestina when he visits the club.

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What happens in the Tranter house that day?

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

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

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

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

8. Why does Charles escape a second time to London.

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

10. What effect does Charles' gift to Ernestina have on her, even after she is upset that he did not bring flowers?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Draw a relationship between the fossils Charles lookesfor and the Victorian society. Do you think Knowles uses the fossils as a metaphor for the petrified nature of the social and religious norms of that time? Explain your opinion.

Essay Topic 2

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 3

Write an essay about whether you would like to have lived in the Victorian era. Explain your reasons. (Hint: if there is no royalty in your family tree, you cannot choose to live during that time as a duke or duchess.)

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