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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who had General Tilney hoped to meet in Bath?
(a) His brother-in-law.
(b) Lord Dover and his son.
(c) The Marquis of Longtown and General Courteney.
(d) His old friends from Oxford.

2. What does Isabella suggest Catherine do to break her engagement with Eleanor?
(a) Pretend to be sick.
(b) Pretend that there are family matters to attend to.
(c) Say she had a previous engagement.
(d) Tell Eleanor that Mrs. Allen needs assistance.

3. What does Henry assure Catherine that his brother Frederick is aware of?
(a) James' inability to marry for two to three years.
(b) Catherine's feelings for Henry.
(c) Isabella's feelings for him.
(d) Isabella's engagement.

4. What opinion does Isabella have of the Tilneys?
(a) They are excessively proud.
(b) They are dishonest.
(c) They are a strange bunch.
(d) The are ignorant.

5. Where do Catherine, Eleanor and Henry go for their walk?
(a) Fullerton.
(b) Clifton.
(c) Beechen Cliff.
(d) Woodston.

6. What does Catherine find in her room at Northanger Abbey?
(a) A novel she has not yet read.
(b) A large chest.
(c) An old love letter.
(d) A lock of hair.

7. What wakes Catherine after her first night at Northanger Abbey?
(a) Eleanor knocking at the door.
(b) A bird in the window.
(c) The housemaid opening her window shutters.
(d) General Tilney yelling at a servant.

8. In Chapter 17, what does Catherine find herself occasionally fantasizing about?
(a) Being engaged to Henry.
(b) Discovering a hidden passageway.
(c) Finding a haunted castle.
(d) Being asked to dance by every man at the ball.

9. What news does Catherine receive in her letter from James?
(a) That Mrs. Morland is pregnant.
(b) That the engagement between James and Isabella is over.
(c) That James and Isabella are married.
(d) That James is gravely ill.

10. What did Catherine see in front of the Tilney pew at church?
(a) A bouquet of black roses.
(b) A monument to the memory of Mrs. Tilney.
(c) A plaque acknowledging General Tilney's patronage.
(d) A statue of a Tilney ancestor.

11. What does Catherine believe is the "wickedest thing in existence"?
(a) To marry for money.
(b) To never marry.
(c) To never be loved.
(d) To marry without fortune.

12. On Catherine's first night at Northanger Abbey, what is the weather like?
(a) Stormy and windy.
(b) Cold and breezy.
(c) Calm.
(d) Rainy.

13. What does Isabella say of James in her letter to Catherine in Chapter 26?
(a) James must forgive her for her indiscretions.
(b) James is the victim of a serious misunderstanding.
(c) James has too soft a heart.
(d) James should forget their union immediately.

14. Why does Isabella fear she will not be accepted by John's parents?
(a) Her fortune is small.
(b) Her reputation is not as it should be.
(c) James is arranged to marry another.
(d) The Morlands are strict.

15. What was Isabella's first impression of John?
(a) She thought him lively.
(b) She thought him handsome.
(c) She thought him clever.
(d) She thought him impertinent.

Short Answer Questions

1. What arrives for Catherine at the beginning of Chapter 15?

2. What does Isabella's letter from John state within?

3. Where does General Tilney suggest the group visit while staying at Northanger Abbey?

4. Who seems to be always at hand when not wanted?

5. Who is said to be sometimes left with no companion at all?

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