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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 does Dr. Grogan suggest?

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

3. How does Charles explain himself to Sam?

4. Where does Charles go after leaving the Freeman mansion?

5. What happens when Sam comes to Charles' hotel room?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Is tearing himself away from Sarah in the old barn the last shock of the day for Charles? Explain.

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. Explain Dr. Grogan's advice to Charles upon learning that Sarah is alive and expecting a visit from him.

10. What happens in the Tranter house that day?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

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

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.

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