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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What decision does Charles make on his way from Exeter to Lyme?
(a) Not to marry Ernestina.
(b) Never to see Sarah again.
(c) To fire Sam.
(d) To collect Ernestina and return to London the next day.

2. What does Knowles explain the Victorian ending is all about?
(a) A means of explaining the Victorian mentality.
(b) An exercise in literary speculation.
(c) Charles' imagination of how things would end.
(d) Ernestina's dream the night before Charles returns to Lyme.

3. What is Sarah's reaction to Charles' guilt?
(a) She says all she wants is his happiness.
(b) She calls him stupid and behind the times.
(c) She accuses him of being like the French Lieutenant.
(d) She says she cannot believe he is like Mrs. Poulteney.

4. What is Dr. Grogan's recommendation for Ernestina's treatment?
(a) Take her on a trip abroad.
(b) Humor her in whatever she wants to do.
(c) Send her to Bedlam.
(d) Send for her father.

5. Where does Charles go after leaving the Freeman mansion?
(a) To the theatre
(b) To his flat in Kensington
(c) To his club on St. James
(d) To his best friend's house

6. Why does Charles go to see Dr. Grogan?
(a) He wants sleeping powder for Ernestina.
(b) He suspects Dr. Grogan saw him with Sarah through his telescope.
(c) He needs advice about what to say to Sarah when they meet.
(d) He needs advice after receiving a note from Sarah.

7. Why does Charles go into the child's room?
(a) He thinks he hears the girl strangling.
(b) He is curious to see if there really is a child.
(c) He suddenly feels very paternal.
(d) She is crying and a male neighbor is banging on the wall.

8. What does Charles' purse provide Sarah in Exeter?
(a) A sense of indebtedness
(b) More little luxuries than she had ever had
(c) A reminder of her shame
(d) A roof over her head for one week

9. In the Victorian ending, what becomes of Mrs. Poulteney?
(a) She runs away with the vicar.
(b) She becomes blind and her servants steal everything from her.
(c) She has a change of heart and becomes kind to her servants.
(d) She tries to enter heaven and is cast into the realm below.

10. Where does Sarah stay in Exeter?
(a) In a cheap rooming house
(b) In a shelter for the homeless
(c) In a convent
(d) In the Endicott Family Hotel

11. How does Charles explain himself to Sam?
(a) That he accidentally heard someone in the shed and went in to see who it was.
(b) That he has volunteered for the search party.
(c) That he has come to tell Sarah never to bother him again.
(d) That he is there on the instruction of Dr. Grogan.

12. What does Charles find inside the old shed?
(a) Ernestina who had come to catch Charles.
(b) Sarah's clothes but no Sarah.
(c) Sarah sleeping on some hay.
(d) Sarah's bonnet she had left behind.

13. Why is Sarah out of the flat when the baby is crying?
(a) She goes to pick up her mail.
(b) She goes to get Charles a hansom.
(c) She goes to buy tea for breakfast.
(d) She goes for medicine for Charles' hangover.

14. What has happened at the prostitute's house?
(a) Charles has been drinking heavily and begins throwing up when she said her name was Sarah.
(b) Charles passes out from too much to drink and sleeps in a chair.
(c) Sarah's little daughter comes in and gets into bed with them.
(d) Charles has intercourse with the girl before finding out her name was Sarah.

15. To what animal does Charles compare himself at the time?
(a) A pampered Pekinese dependant on his future father-in-law.
(b) A serpent that devours everyone around him.
(c) A feral cat who must make his way by stealth and cunning.
(d) The hedgehog who curls up in a ball and erects its spines of aristocracy.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Charles observe about American women?

2. What does Charles decide to do?

3. Where does the cab deliver Charles and the prostitute?

4. What is Charles' attitude toward Sam when he returns after his night out?

5. What metaphor does Charles use to describe his guilt of lying about Sarah?

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