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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. According to Jane, why is Blanche "too inferior" to excite jealousy?
2. Whom does Blanche treat with coldness and acrimony?
3. What does Mr. Rochester ask to see of Jane's during their first tea-time?
4. Jane discovers the gypsy to be whom?
5. According to Jane, what hour in the evening has provided "the ruddy gloaming, the licensed uproar, the confusion of many voices gave one a welcome sense of liberty?"
Short Essay Questions
1. Why is Jane punished in the Red Room, and why is the room significant?
2. When Rochester returns with Blanche and a large party, how do they treat Jane, and why is this significant?
3. What happens when Jane confesses her feelings for Mr. Rochester, and how is this significant?
4. What does Mrs. Reed tell Mr. Brocklehurst about Jane, and how is this significant?
5. From what do the girls at Lowood suffer when Spring arrives, and how is this significant?
6. Why is Jane forbidden to sit with Mrs. Reed and the children, and how is this significant?
7. What is Jane's first impression of Thornfield in her new position as governess, and why is this significant?
8. What does Jane's first dinner with Mr. Rochester at Thornfield foreshadow?
9. What is Jane's impression of Mr. Rochester's and Blanche's relationship?
10. Who arrives to tell the guests' fortunes? How does Blanche respond to her fortune's being told?
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 conflict in "Jane Eyre."
1) What is the conflict between Jane and society?
2) What is the conflict between Jane and the other characters?
3) What is the conflict between Jane and herself?
Essay Topic 3
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?
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