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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 7, 8, 9, and 10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How are Charles and Ernestina dressed on their walk down the Cobb?
(a) In riding habits.
(b) In clothes suited to the taste of Lyme Regis.
(c) Very stylishly for the day.
(d) In raincoats and boots.

2. How does the bright day affect Charles?
(a) He says everything looks unreal.
(b) He says he will go back to bed.
(c) He says it is rare to see such brightness and he hates it.
(d) He says it almost makes him not return to London.

3. What does Charles enjoy about his relationship to Sam?
(a) Daily chatter and a lapse into schoolboyhood.
(b) Watching Sam make a fool of himself.
(c) The educated, philosophical discussions they have.
(d) Watching Sam avoiding the Cockney maids.

4. What is the action between Charles and his servant, Sam, on the bright sunny morning in Dorset?
(a) Silent and moody.
(b) Playful and teasing.
(c) Stern and overbearing.
(d) At odds with one another.

5. What are the two obsessions of Mrs. Poulteney?
(a) Dirt and immorality.
(b) Vulgarity and rudeness.
(c) Lawlessness and cursing.
(d) Wine and fine cuisine.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where are Charles' grandfather's archeological finds housed?

2. What prompts Mrs. Poulteney to ask about someone to take into her service?

3. What does Knowles say has served as a substitute for experience in Sarah Woodruff?

4. Why does Mrs. Talbot decide not to rehire Sarah Woodruff?

5. What is it about Ernestina that attracts Charles?

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