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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happened to Charles' mother?

2. What is Charles' thinking as he passes through the vast estate?

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

4. What does Charles enjoy about his relationship to Sam?

5. Why does Sarah take the risk of not going by the back way around the dairy the morning she is seen by two walkers?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What warning does Ernestina give Mary about Sam?

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

5. What does Dr. Grogan tell Charles about trying to help Sarah?

6. How does Mrs. Poulteney attempt to stir up trouble for Mary during the visit in her drawing room?

7. What does Charles say to Sarah about morality?

8. What is special about the Ware Commons?

9. What is Mrs. Poulteney's idea about God?

10. What is the meaning of the Victorian expression, "a gooseberry?"

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write a short story about Mrs. Poulteney in heaven. In the story she should be bossy and strict just as she was on earth. Use your imagination to let her real character show through her white robes and angel wings. Also use your imagination about what St. Peter might do with a woman like that.

Essay Topic 2

Decide if you think Sarah was an innocent victim of her times or a calculating femme fatale. Write an essay supporting your claim and be sure to use quotes from the novel.

Essay Topic 3

Using the characters Charles, Ernestina, and Sarah, write a short-short story set in the 21st century about a broken engagement. Use the title, "Hell Hath No Fury Like a Woman Scorned." Will your story be much different from the broken engagement in The French Lieutenant's Woman?

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