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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. Jane discovers the gypsy to be whom?

2. Who holds down Jane's arms and threatens to tie her down in the red-room?

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

4. What is the name of Mr. Rochester's dog?

5. What is the gypsy doing when Jane enters the library?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Jane punished in the Red Room, and why is the room significant?

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

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

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

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

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

7. What happens when Jane confesses her feelings for Mr. Rochester, and how is this significant?

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

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 the significance of gender in "Jane Eyre."

1) What role does gender play in the choices Jane has?

2) How does Jane conform to and/or resist her gendered role in the novel?

3) How does Mr. Rochester conform to and/or resist his gendered role in the novel?

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the setting in "Jane Eyre."

1) What is the significance of the setting to the plot?

2) What is the connection between the physical and psychological landscapes in the novel?

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