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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 18 and 19.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Knowles picture Sam?
(a) He is a man who cannot understand Charles' jokes.
(b) He is an older man with a great deal of polish.
(c) He is young, fond of idling, and always has a straw or sprig of parsley in his mouth.
(d) He is humbly devoted to Charles and not into self aggrandizement.

2. Where does Charles establish his quarters after his father's death?
(a) In Wales.
(b) In Kensington.
(c) In Balmory.
(d) In Essex.

3. What does Knowles say is the most common symptom of wealth in 1867?
(a) Indulgence.
(b) Boredom.
(c) Responsibility.
(d) Neurosis.

4. What is obvious about the size of the dowry Ernestina will bring to a marriage?
(a) The Smithson name.
(b) The size of the Smithson house.
(c) The expensive clothes and jewels she always wears.
(d) The absence of brothers and sisters.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Immediately after Charles discovers that Sarah is not dead, what happens in Ernestina's bedroom?

2. What happened to Charles' mother?

3. Why does Charles not tell Mrs. Tranter and Ernestina of his chance meeting with Sarah on the Ware Commons?

4. What transpires between Mrs. Tranter and Sarah?

5. What is Knowles' description of Charles as a palaeontologist?

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