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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 does Charles attempt to do with Sarah?
(a) Get her to go to Paris with him.
(b) Help him make up a story about how he found her there.
(c) Get her to pretend suicide.
(d) Give her money to go to Exeter and find a job.

2. What does Freeman recognize about the times?
(a) They represent the age of overindulgence.
(b) They are changing in a world of rapid progress.
(c) They are difficult times with so many new things coming into favor.
(d) They are politically unstable.

3. How is Aunt Tranter affected in all of the problems?
(a) She wants to have the police confront Charles.
(b) She thinks it is all for the best.
(c) She says she never trusted Charles.
(d) She is confused and angry.

4. After leaving the brothel, what does Charles do?
(a) Takes a carriage back to Lyme.
(b) Goes home alone to Kensington.
(c) Finds the nearest hotle and goes to sleep.
(d) Picks up a prostitute who resembles Sarah.

5. What is Sarah's explanation for lying about Varguennes?
(a) That she hated all men for a time after he left.
(b) That she had not lied but had not tried to stop the rumors.
(c) That she wanted to kill herself.
(d) That when she went to him she saw him with a prostitute.

Short Answer Questions

1. What humiliation is Charles forced to undergo?

2. After the prostitute gets into bed, Charles stares down at her and asks her name. What is her answer?

3. What document does Dr. Grogan give Charles to read?

4. What does Dr. Grogan suggest?

5. Why does Mrs. Endicott allow Charles to go up to Sarah's room?

Short Essay Questions

1. Is tearing himself away from Sarah in the old barn the last shock of the day for Charles? Explain.

2. How does Charles attempt to undo the damage done by being caught with Sarah by Sam and Mary?

3. Why does Charles not keep his distance from Sarah in her hotel rooms?

4. What are the consequences of Charles' decision to break his engagement?

5. In reality, what does Charles do when he pulls into Exeter and it looks like it is about to rain?

6. What actions does Charles take after leaving the Endicott Family Hotel?

7. In the Victorian view of propriety, what step does Charles make when his train pulls into Exeter?

8. Describe Charles' actions after leaving the Freeman mansion.

9. What are the major events of the next day when Charles has returned from Exeter?

10. What happens in the Tranter house that day?

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