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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 Mr. Rochester ask to see of Jane's during their first tea-time?

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

3. According to Bessie's husband, Robert Leaven, how has John Reed died?

4. Why is Jane taken and locked in the red-room?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Mrs. Reed tell Mr. Brocklehurst about Jane, and how 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. Why does Jane stay at Gateshead after Mrs. Reed passes, and why is this significant?

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

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

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

7. What appeared in a dream that Bessie once had that was a bad omen, and what does this foreshadow in the novel?

8. When Jane first learns that Mr. Rochester may marry Blanche Ingram, why does she compare herself to her?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Compare and contrast the Reed family with the Rivers family.

1) Which family most embodies the notion of family and why?

2) How do members within the family treat those outside of their group?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the role of imagination in the novel. How does imagination function as both a blessing and curse for Jane?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the autobiographical elements in "Jane Eyre."

1) Compare Jane Eyre with Charlotte Bronte.

2) What fictional events are modeled after real-life incidents?

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