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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 is inscribed on Helen's grave besides her name?

2. Of what game is Jane ignorant that the party proposes to play?

3. Why does Mr. Rochester fetch Jane in the middle of the night to help Mr. Mason?

4. What does Mr. Rochester ask Jane to do as they listen to the nightingale?

5. As Mr. Rochester and Jane discuss the prospect of her going to Ireland, what does Jane begin to do when she hears a nightingale?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is Mr. Rochester's response to Jane's homecoming from Gateshead revealing?

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

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

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

5. Why does Mr. Rochester insist Jane join the party each evening in the drawing room?

6. What does Mrs. Reed tell Mr. Brocklehurst about Jane, and how is this significant?

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

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

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

10. How does Jane first meet Mr. Rochester, and why is this significant?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss reader reception at the time of publication. How was "Jane Eyre" received by critics and the general public?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the importance of friendship in "Jane Eyre."

1) Compare and contrast Helen Burns with Mary and Diane Rivers as Jane's confidants.

2) What qualities does Jane seek in her friendships with women?

3) What qualities does Jane seek in her friendships with men?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the function of marriage in the novel.

1) What values does the institution of marriage uphold and reinforce?

2) How is Jane's marriage to Mr. Rochester both a traditional and unconventional marriage?

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