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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter XIX.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Jane, why are the girls predisposed to becoming ill so that forty-five out of eighty are afflicted?
(a) Because of physical abuse and lack of vitamins.
(b) Because of lack of exercise and too many sweets.
(c) Because of semi-starvation and neglected colds.
(d) Because of stifling heat and a fatty diet.

2. As Mr. Lloyd questions Jane about her life at Gateshead, Jane's spirit is moved by what prospect which implies "an entire separation from Gateshead, an entrance into a new life?"
(a) Moving to America.
(b) Attending school.
(c) Exploring the world.
(d) Marrying a rich beau.

3. When Mr. Rochester is in Leah's, what "sickening sense" does Jane feel regarding his absence?
(a) Grief.
(b) Relief.
(c) Pleasure.
(d) Disappointment.

4. When May arrives at Lowood, what is the "fog-bred pestilence" that arrives to transform the school into a hospital?
(a) Polio.
(b) Typhus.
(c) Cholera.
(d) Small pox.

5. According to Mr. Rochester, Jane is ______, quiet, _______, and simple.
(a) Worldly; grave.
(b) Quaint; grave.
(c) Worldly; cheerful.
(d) Quaint; cheerful.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Jane, why is Blanche "too inferior" to excite jealousy?

2. With what booty does Jane retreat when the party arrives with Mr. Rochester?

3. According to Jane, what hour in the evening has provided "the ruddy gloaming, the licensed uproar, the confusion of many voices gave one a welcome sense of liberty?"

4. As she overhears Miss Abbot's and Bessie's conversation, Jane learns her parents died from what?

5. What is the weather like as the novel opens?

(see the answer key)

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