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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. When Jane asks why Mr. Rochester had wanted Jane to believe that he was going to marry Blanche Ingram, what does he say?

2. How does Jane feel about married life?

3. When St. John asks Jane to accompany him to India, to what condition she does not want to agree?

4. Jane tells Mr. Rochester the face of the person in the closet reminded her of what?

5. Jane give money to whom the morning after Mr. Rochester's proposal?

Short Essay Questions

1. What argument does Jane provide to avoid wearing Rochester's family jewels, and what does this signify?

2. Whom does Jane find in the room following her nightmare the day before the wedding, and what does it foreshadow?

3. What happens when Jane tries to look for work after leaving Thornfield, and why is it significant?

4. What does Jane learn about the Rivers family, and why is it significant?

5. What does Mr. Rochester tell Jane about having seen the hand of God for the first time?

6. What premonition does Jane have about St. John, and how is this significant?

7. What do the Rivers discover about the death of a wealthy uncle, and why is it significant?

8. Why is Rochester's and Jane's marriage stopped, and what does it mean?

9. How does Jane feel about the Rivers family, and what does it signify?

10. What are Jane's plans after her fortune has dramatically changed, and why does St. John urge her to reconsider them?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Discuss Jane as the heroine in the novel.

1) What qualities does Jane possess that make her a heroic figure?

2) How are Jane's actions heroic?

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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