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

2. Who is waiting to see Catherine when Mrs. Dean returns to Thrushcross Grange in Chapter 14?

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

4. Who is Catherine's brother married to in the diary entries from Chapter 3?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the atmosphere of the Earnshaw home change when Hindley returns in Chapter 6?

2. How long does Catherine stay at Thrushcross Grange in Chapter 7? How is she different when she returns to Wuthering Heights?

3. How is the room described that Mr. Lockwood stays in at Wuthering Heights in Chapter 3?

4. What causes the conflicts in the Earnshaw household that Mrs. Dean describes in Chapter 5?

5. How much time has passed since Isabella's disappearance in Chapter 13? What happened during this time?

6. In what year does the novel begin? Where is Mr. Lockwood when his character is first introduced?

7. What leads to Catherine and Heathcliff's disappearance in Chapter 6?

8. What leads Nelly to visit the Heights in Chapter 11? What does she encounter when she arrives there?

9. How does Mrs. Dean describe the changes in the Earnshaw household after the birth of Hareton in Chapter 8?

10. How does Mrs. Dean describe the influence of Joseph in the Earnshaw household in Chapter 5?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe the transformation that Catherine undergoes while staying with the Lintons. How do the Lintons treat Catherine differently than her own family? How do the Lintons go about creating these changes in Catherine’s demeanor? What imagery is used to illustrate this change?

Essay Topic 2

Describe and analyze Heathcliff’s actions, objectives, and obstacles in the pursuit of his revenge. Why does Heathcliff choose this particular point in time to kidnap Nelly and Catherine? How does this further his objective of revenge?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the transformation that Heathcliff undergoes in the end of the novel. What are Nelly’s perceptions of the changes in Heathcliff? Do you think that Heathcliff reaches happiness after he dies? Why or why not?

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