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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. Why are Jane and other girls forced to part with their portion of food at Lowood during the cold winter months?
2. Jane puts on what gift from Miss Temple for her first tea-time with Mr. Rochester?
3. 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?"
4. What is Mr. Brocklehurst's complaint about Julia Severn's hair?
5. When Jane addresses the reader on her way to Thornfield for the first time, she states that "though I look ______accommodated, I am not very________in my mind."
Short Essay Questions
1. What happens to Helen Burns, and why is this significant?
2. Why is Jane forbidden to sit with Mrs. Reed and the children, and how is this significant?
3. What does Jane do when she discovers smoke coming from Mr. Rochester's room, and what does this signify?
4. What is Jane's impression of Mr. Rochester's and Blanche's relationship?
5. What does Mr. Rochester demand of Jane and Mr. Mason when they are left alone together, and what does it signify?
6. How is Mr. Rochester's response to Jane's homecoming from Gateshead revealing?
7. When Jane first learns that Mr. Rochester may marry Blanche Ingram, why does she compare herself to her?
8. When Rochester returns with Blanche and a large party, how do they treat Jane, and why is this significant?
9. Why does Jane stay at Gateshead after Mrs. Reed passes, and why is this significant?
10. When Jane and Rochester meet in the garden, why does Mr. Rochester tell her about a position in Ireland?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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 2
Compare and contrast Gateshead and Thornfield.
1) What are their similarities and differences?
2) How do these estates mirror Jane's development as a character?
Essay Topic 3
Compare Mr. Rochester and St. John as characters.
1) What are their similarities and differences?
2) How do they function as authority figures?
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