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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Whom does Heathcliff vow to have revenge on in Chapter 7?
(a) Mr. Earnshaw.
(b) Nelly.
(c) Hindley.
(d) Edgar.

2. What does Nelly send the man-servant to buy in the village for Catherine in Chapter 15?
(a) Oranges.
(b) Apples.
(c) Lamb.
(d) Flowers.

3. What word used in Chapter 5 refers to a depraved or wicked person?
(a) Protagonist.
(b) Curate.
(c) Agnostic.
(d) Reprobate.

4. What does Nelly eventually agree to do under Heathcliff's insistence in Chapter 14?
(a) Obtain divorce papers for him.
(b) Tell Edgar that Catherine is dying.
(c) Murder Edgar.
(d) Take a letter from him to Catherine.

5. What does the word "paroxysm" from Chapter 15 refer to?
(a) A battle.
(b) A violent outburst.
(c) A subject of empathy.
(d) A supernatural event.

6. Whom does Heathcliff say he blames for Catherine's illness in Chapter 13?
(a) Edgar.
(b) Hareton.
(c) Mr. Kenneth.
(d) Linton.

7. For how many months have Isabella and Heathcliff been absent in the beginning of Chapter 13?
(a) 2 months.
(b) 2 years.
(c) 6 months.
(d) 1 year.

8. What is the name of Catherine Earnshaw's adopted brother?
(a) Linton.
(b) Joseph.
(c) Heathcliff.
(d) Edgar.

9. How old is Heathcliff in Chapter 8?
(a) 5.
(b) 12.
(c) 16.
(d) 19.

10. What ultimatum does Edgar present to Catherine in Chapter 11?
(a) Her friendship with Joseph or her marriage.
(b) Her marriage or her friendship with Heathcliff.
(c) Her employment of Nelly or her marriage.
(d) She must move to Wuthering Heights or leave the country.

11. Who are the children that are fighting at Thrushcross Grange when Heathcliff and Catherine go there in Chapter 6?
(a) Linton and Amy.
(b) Sarah and Robert.
(c) Hindley and Linton.
(d) Edgar and Isabella.

12. Who is waiting to see Catherine when Mrs. Dean returns to Thrushcross Grange in Chapter 14?
(a) Heathcliff.
(b) Joseph.
(c) Isabella.
(d) Mr. Kenneth.

13. Who is the seemingly mad elderly man that greets Isabella when she arrives at Wuthering Heights in Chapter 13?
(a) Hindley.
(b) Joseph.
(c) Edgar.
(d) Mr. Kenneth.

14. What word from Chapter 14 refers to a name or title?
(a) Soliloquy.
(b) Assonance.
(c) Appellation.
(d) Indignation.

15. Aside from Catherine's husband, the mourners at her funeral are all what, according to Nelly in Chapter 16?
(a) Siblings or cousins.
(b) Servants and tenants.
(c) Out-of-town visitors.
(d) Clergy members.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Mr. Earnshaw discover Heathcliff as an orphan?

2. How many years does Mrs. Dean say she has worked at the estate in Chapter 4?

3. What month is it when Catherine first leaves her chamber after suffering from a brain fever in Chapter 13?

4. Whom does Mrs. Dean describe as "the wearisomest self-righteous Pharisee that ever ransacked a Bible to rake the promises to himself and fling the curses to his neighbours" in Chapter 5?

5. How does Isabella say Hindley attempted killing Heathcliff in Chapter 17?

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