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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What year does Mr. Lockwood see on the gate to Mr. Heathcliff's estate in Chapter 1?
(a) 1653.
(b) 1400.
(c) 1772.
(d) 1500.

2. For how long does Mr. Lockwood say he's been sick in the beginning of Chapter 10?
(a) 6 weeks.
(b) 1 week.
(c) 2 weeks.
(d) 4 weeks.

3. Who is the maid at Wuthering Heights in Chapter 2?
(a) Mary.
(b) Zillah.
(c) Catherine.
(d) Sarah.

4. 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.

5. In what year does Chapter 1 begin?
(a) 1832.
(b) 1881.
(c) 1795.
(d) 1801.

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

7. 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?
(a) Hareton.
(b) Joseph.
(c) Edgar.
(d) Heathcliff.

8. What is the name of Catherine Earnshaw's older brother?
(a) Hareton.
(b) Hindley.
(c) Edgar.
(d) Joseph.

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

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

11. According to the maid's story, where did Isabella and Heathcliff stop to have a horse's shoe fastened at a blacksmith in Chapter 12?
(a) Outside London.
(b) Outside Liverpool.
(c) At Thrushcross Grange.
(d) Outside Gimmerton.

12. What is the name of the doctor that attends to Frances when Hareton is born in Chapter 8?
(a) Dr. Williams.
(b) Mr. Frank.
(c) Dr. Kingsley.
(d) Mr. Kenneth.

13. For how long has Heathcliff been away when he appears at Thrushcross Grange in Chapter 10?
(a) 3 years.
(b) 2 years.
(c) 1 year.
(d) 6 months.

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

15. What is the name of the son that Isabella gives birth to in the south of England?
(a) Linton.
(b) Edgar.
(c) Joseph.
(d) Hareton.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does young Hareton do when he first sees Nelly outside of his family's home in Chapter 11?

2. What does Heathcliff demand he and Hindley exchange, leading to a fight, in Chapter 4?

3. How old is Cathy in Chapter 8 when Mrs. Dean describes her as "the queen of the country-side"?

4. Whom does Catherine take with her as a chaperone when she goes to visit Heathcliff in Chapter 10?

5. For how many months have Isabella and Heathcliff been absent in the beginning of Chapter 13?

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