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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 11, 12, and 13.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does the butler sum up the feelings of Mrs. Poulteney's staff?
(a) You, madam, have not devined that slavery is over.
(b) Madam, I should rather the poor house than another week under your roof.
(c) Meanness and gluttony describe you perfectly, madam.
(d) Madam, I shall shake the dust from my shoes as I leave.

2. What happened to Charles' mother?
(a) She died in childbirth to a stillborn girl.
(b) She fell into the sea on a boat outing.
(c) She ran off with an Italian.
(d) She died of tuberculosis.

3. What is Ernestina's reaction to the flowers Sam delivers from Charles?
(a) She frowns because she has been imagining unfaithfulness of Charles' part.
(b) She jumps from bed and dances around the room.
(c) She frowns because she is ashamed of herself.
(d) She wants to know if a shop keeper delivered the flowers.

4. What is Ernestina's great fear about marriage?
(a) The sinfulness of sex.
(b) The pain and brutality of sex.
(c) The idea of becoming amother.
(d) The dread of being seen naked.

5. What is Knowles' opinion of the way Charles is dressed for his brisk walk?
(a) Modern and ahead of the times.
(b) Perfectly appropriate.
(c) Not heavy enough for the Dorset weather.
(d) Overly Victorian in its utility.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What double duty does Sam perform at Mrs. Tranter's door?

3. What shop in Lyme is somewhat famous?

4. What does Knowles say the novelist is?

5. What expression applied to a boy or girl is guaranteed to despoil their reputation for life?

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