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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What revelation does Sarah make to Charles about the French lieutenant?
(a) That he is the father of her child.
(b) That he is married.
(c) That he has never even written to her.
(d) That he beat her before he left England.

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

3. Dr. Grogan says he knows more about ________ than what goes on in Sarah's mind.
(a) The number of stars in the sky.
(b) What goes on in Windsor Castle.
(c) The fossils on the beach.
(d) The times of the tides.

4. In trying to be Victorian polite, what does Ernestina call the woman they see on the Cobb?
(a) A woman just a bit crazy.
(b) The French lieutenant's. . .woman.
(c) Old Mrs. Poulteney's companion.
(d) The lady of the night.

5. What does Sarah think about Christians?
(a) She thinks they will help her.
(b) She thinks they are very intelligent.
(c) She thinks they are charitable.
(d) She thinks they are crueller than heathens.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Charles notice that shocks Ernestina?

2. What is Sarah's position in Charmouth?

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

4. What is obvious about the size of the dowry Ernestina will bring to a marriage?

5. Upon whose word does Mr. Forsythe, vicar of Lyme, rely to recommend Sarah?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Knowles interject himself into the novel?

2. When a search party is formed to find the missing Sarah, how does Charles know she is still alive?

3. What is Charles' delusion as he rides up the drive to his uncles estate?

4. What had prompted Charles and Ernestina to come to Lyme Regis?

5. Describe the conflict in Ernestina over her desire to have a husband and children.

6. Why does Sarah suggest that she will not leave Lyme Regis?

7. In Lyme, by some strata of society, Sarah Woodruff is known as the French lieutenant's whore. Ernestina has another name for her. Why and what is it?

8. What is the vicar's explanation for the fact that Sarah speaks French when Mrs. Poulteney is shocked at the idea?

9. What is special about the Ware Commons?

10. When Charles and Sarah meet, how does Charles explain his agreeing to come?

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