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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In the red-room, why does Jane rush at the door and shake the lock to escape?
(a) Because she thinks there is a ghost in the room.
(b) Because John is taunting her in the room.
(c) Because she is cold and wants to light the fire.
(d) Because Bessie has threatened to strike her with a whip.

2. What is the gypsy doing when Jane enters the library?
(a) Reading and muttering.
(b) Drinking and rocking.
(c) Reading and drinking.
(d) Eating and muttering.

3. What is inscribed on Helen's grave besides her name?
(a) Redivivus.
(b) Resurgam.
(c) Religious loci.
(d) Regnat populace.

4. What is the name of the surgeon with whom Mr. Rochester returns?
(a) Caleb.
(b) Carter.
(c) Craig.
(d) Christopher.

5. What does Mr. Rochester forbid Mr. Mason and Jane to do before he departs?
(a) Converse.
(b) Dine.
(c) Sleep.
(d) Leave.

Short Answer Questions

1. What hope does Jane cherish that she has "no right to conceive"?

2. Who is the newcomer who arrives from England whom the ladies call a "beautiful man"?

3. After Jane tells Mr. Rochester that Mr. Mason has arrived, what does he exclaim?

4. Why does Mrs. Reed forbid Jane from joining her, Eliza, John, and Georgiana in the drawing-room?

5. Who holds down Jane's arms and threatens to tie her down in the red-room?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are the girls fed when Jane first arrives at Lowood that no one can eat, and why is this significant?

2. How do Bessie and Mr. Lloyd help Jane after she is punished in the Red Room, and why is this significant?

3. When Rochester returns with Blanche and a large party, how do they treat Jane, and why is this significant?

4. What is Jane's impression of Mr. Rochester's and Blanche's relationship?

5. Who arrives to tell the guests' fortunes? How does Blanche respond to her fortune's being told?

6. What is Jane's first impression of Thornfield in her new position as governess, and why is this significant?

7. What happens to Mr. Mason during his first night at Thornfield, and why is this significant?

8. What does Jane's first dinner with Mr. Rochester at Thornfield foreshadow?

9. On her deathbed, Mrs. Reed informs Jane of what, and why is this significant?

10. What does Mr. Rochester demand of Jane and Mr. Mason when they are left alone together, and what does it signify?

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