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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. What does Mr. Rochester ask Jane to do as they listen to the nightingale?
(a) Marry him.
(b) Forgive him.
(c) Leave him.
(d) Bed him.

2. According to Mr. Brocklehurst, Miss Temple NOT should not accustom the girls to what?
(a) Habits of luxury and indulgence.
(b) Habits of pleasure and moderation.
(c) Habits of obedience and servitude.
(d) Habits of poverty and frugality.

3. According to Jane, why is Blanche "too inferior" to excite jealousy?
(a) Because she is too pretty and worldly.
(b) Because she is not good or original.
(c) Because she is too intelligent and kind.
(d) Because she is unattractive and poor.

4. What is Mr. Brocklehurst's complaint about Julia Severn's hair?
(a) It is cropped.
(b) It is unclean.
(c) It is too long.
(d) It is too curly.

5. Who is speaking when she states, "You, a favourite with Mr. Rochester...Go! your folly sickens me"?
(a) Blanche Ingram.
(b) Sophie.
(c) Jane.
(d) Mrs. Fairfaix.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mr. Rochester tell Jane about Adele's mother?

2. What does Mr. Mason tell the surgeon about his shoulder?

3. How old is Jane when the novel opens?

4. According to Jane, why are the girls predisposed to becoming ill so that forty-five out of eighty are afflicted?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens when Jane confesses her feelings for Mr. Rochester, and how is this significant?

2. What is the aftermath of Mr. Brocklehurst's accusation regarding Jane?

3. From what do the girls at Lowood suffer when Spring arrives, and how is this significant?

4. What are the conditions like at Lowood, and what does it signify about the educational system?

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

6. What does Jane do when she discovers smoke coming from Mr. Rochester's room, and what does this signify?

7. Why is Jane forbidden to sit with Mrs. Reed and the children, and how is this significant?

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

9. What does Jane tell the gypsy about her art, and why is this significant?

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

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