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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, what three things, when combined, make one mystery to which humanity has not yet found the key?

2. How does Jane first encounter Mr. Rochester?

3. What does Mr. Rochester ask Jane regarding his appearance?

4. According to the gypsy, what is within Jane's reach?

5. When Mr. Rochester is in Leah's, what "sickening sense" does Jane feel regarding his absence?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is Jane's impression of Mr. Rochester's and Blanche's relationship?

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

4. What happens to Helen Burns, and why is this significant?

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

6. Who arrives to tell the guests' fortunes? How does Blanche respond to her fortune's being told?

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

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

9. How is Helen Burns treated by Miss Scatcherd, and how does she respond?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Compare Mr. Rochester and St. John as characters.

1) What are their similarities and differences?

2) How do they function as authority figures?

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 importance of class in the novel.

1) How does class function in the novel?

2) How does Jane's class position shift throughout the novel?

3) What are the determining factors that make up a person's class position?

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