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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 the weather like as the novel opens?
2. Who tells Mr. Eshton that Jane "looks too stupid for any game of the sort"?
3. When Mr. Rochester suggests Jane get a position in Ireland to educate the five daughters of Mrs. Dionysius O'Gall, Jane proclaims that the sea is a barrier to what?
4. Who, according to Jane, in her final eight years at Lowood, "stood me in the stead of mother, governess, and, latterly, companion"?
5. What does Mr. Rochester ask Jane to fetch for Mr. Mason from the drawer in his room?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is Jane's first impression of Thornfield in her new position as governess, and why is this significant?
2. What appeared in a dream that Bessie once had that was a bad omen, and what does this foreshadow in the novel?
3. What does Mrs. Reed tell Mr. Brocklehurst about Jane, and how is this significant?
4. What happens when Jane confesses her feelings for Mr. Rochester, and how is this significant?
5. Why is Jane punished in the Red Room, and why is the room significant?
6. What is the aftermath of Mr. Brocklehurst's accusation regarding Jane?
7. How is Helen Burns treated by Miss Scatcherd, and how does she respond?
8. What does Mr. Rochester demand of Jane and Mr. Mason when they are left alone together, and what does it signify?
9. Why is Jane forbidden to sit with Mrs. Reed and the children, and how is this significant?
10. What does the gypsy ask Jane, and why is this significant?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss Point of View in the novel.
1) What is the POV?
2) How does the POV influence reader reception?
3) What is the connection between the POV and pacing in "Jane Eyre?"
Essay Topic 2
Discuss the importance of house servants in the Victorian household.
1) What is the relationship between house servants and the proprietors?
2) What is the relationship between house servants and the dependents?
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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