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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What word used by Nelly in Chapter 33 refers to a psychosis characterized by obsessions with one idea or group of ideas?
(a) Monomania.
(b) Megalomania.
(c) Narcissism.
(d) Schizophrenia.

2. How does Mrs. Dean say that Edgar Linton died in Chapter 28?
(a) Indignantly.
(b) Painfully.
(c) Fretfully.
(d) Blissfully.

3. What word from Chapter 20 refers to a unfortunate or unhappy person?
(a) Welch.
(b) Wraith.
(c) Wench.
(d) Wretch.

4. What month is it when Heathcliff leaves home overnight and returns home overjoyed in Chapter 34?
(a) September.
(b) October.
(c) July.
(d) April.

5. Who accompanies Cathy on a walk around Wuthering Heights in Chapter 21?
(a) Heathcliff.
(b) Edgar.
(c) Linton.
(d) Hareton.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the maid that Linton calls for in Chapter 23?

2. How much younger is Linton than Cathy?

3. What word used in Chapter 31 refers to a destructive fire?

4. Whom does Nelly say she expects Catherine will marry in Chapter 32?

5. What does Nelly go to fetch, leaving Cathy alone in the woods, in Chapter 22?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is Linton described in Chapter 19? How does Catherine feel about him?

2. What causes the uproar when Catherine and Hareton rearrange the garden at Wuthering Heights in Chapter 33?

3. How does Nelly respond to Catherine's disobedience in Chapter 18?

4. How does Catherine feel about her father's return with her cousin in Chapter 19?

5. How does Mrs. Dean describe Cathy's behavior after the death of Linton in Chapter 30?

6. What does Cathy beg of Nelly after her confession in Chapter 24? How does Nelly respond?

7. Why does Edgar consent to allow Cathy to make a visit to Linton in Chapter 25? Is this a wise choice?

8. How does Linton behave during Catherine and Nelly's visit in Chapter 26?

9. How does Mrs. Dean describe the changed appearance and demeanor of Heathcliff prior to his death in Chapter 34?

10. How does Nelly respond to the encounter between Catherine and Heathcliff in Chapter 22?

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